Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1341: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Expands jurisdiction of law enforcement officers for Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco; provides DBPR enforcement authority over employment eligibility verification; revises prohibitions relating to minors for talent agencies; requires Barbers' Board & Board of Cosmetology, respectively, to establish certain minimum standards & penalties for failing to adhere to such standards; requires department to report penalties imposed to DOE; authorizes department to take certain actions against certain establishments for violating laws relating to hemp extract; authorizes department to validate identity & work authorization of applicant before issuing license or renewing license; specifies personal identification information department may request from applicant; authorizes department to submit such personal identification information to & enter into memoranda of understanding with appropriate federal agencies; requires department to suspend license of person not authorized to work in United States; requires department to reinstate license without charge; provides immunity; authorizes division to suspend or revoke permit of dealer if division finds sufficient evidence of violation of laws of this state or any other state or territory of United States; prohibits licensed or permitted dealers from possessing, selling, intending to sell, delivering, or giving nitrous oxide on or from dealer's licensed premises; provides criminal penalties.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; amending s. 20.165, F.S.; expanding the jurisdiction of law over which employees serving as law enforcement officers for the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco may investigate, enforce, and prosecute; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; providing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation enforcement authority over employment eligibility verification…
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; amending s. 20.165, F.S.; expanding the jurisdiction of law over which employees serving as law enforcement officers for the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco may investigate, enforce, and prosecute; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; providing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation enforcement authority over employment eligibility verification; requiring the department, under certain circumstances, to notify certain other departments of certain violations within a specified timeframe; amending s. 468.412, F.S.; revising prohibitions relating to minors for a talent agency; providing criminal penalties; amending ss. 476.114, 477.019, and 477.0201, F.S.; requiring the Barbers' Board and the Board of Cosmetology, respectively, to establish by rule minimum standards for electronically reporting a student's course completion records to the department and the penalties for failing to adhere to such minimum standards; requiring the department to report all penalties imposed to the Department of Education; amending s. 509.261, F.S.; authorizing the department to take certain actions against certain establishments for violating laws relating to the words underlined are additions. hb1341-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 1341 2026 distribution and retail sale of hemp extract; amending s. 559.79, F.S.; authorizing the department to validate the identity and work authorization of an applicant before issuing a license or renewing a license; specifying personal identification …
Sponsors
- Plakon, Rachel (R, HD-036) · primary sponsor
- Plakon (R, 36) · primary sponsor
- Owen, Michael (R, HD-070)
- Salzman, Michelle (R, HD-001)
- Salzman (R, 1)
Latest actions
- : Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 432 (Ch. 2026-148)
- : Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- : Referred to Commerce Committee
- : Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1341?
- H1341 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
- What does H1341 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; amending s. 20.165, F.S.; expanding the jurisdiction of law over which employees serving as law enforcement officers for the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco may investigate, enforce, and prosecute; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; providing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation enforcement authority over employment eligibility verification…
- What is the status of H1341?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 432 (Ch. 2026-148) (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1341?
- Plakon, Rachel (R, HD-036), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1341?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1341
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