Issue Position: Growing Florida's Economy

Issue Position

Our deregulation package will free many workers and small business owners from red tape created by excessive occupational licensing.

An occupational or professional license is a form of regulation that requires skilled workers to obtain permission from the government to do their jobs.

In some cases, such as for architects and geologists, professional license holders must have an additional license to run their business; the policy package we passed removes that burden.

Among other changes, the bill also cuts down the excessive hours of training required to obtain a barber or specialty cosmetology license.

And for occupations where a government permission to work is simply unnecessary, such as hair braiders or boxing announcers, the package eliminates the license entirely.

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