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HB0555 • 2026

Local Licensing of Home Caregivers

Local Licensing of Home Caregivers

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Skidmore ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's status is 'Passed Legislature,' but it has died in committee, which means there might be uncertainty about its final implementation or executive action.

Local Licensing of Home Caregivers

This law allows counties and municipalities to create rules for licensing home caregivers within their areas.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a new section in Florida's laws, allowing local governments to make licensing rules for home caregivers.
  • Sets an effective date of July 1, 2026, when these new rules can start being used.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local governments (counties and cities) that choose to license home caregivers within their areas
  • Home caregivers who work in the jurisdictions where local licensing is implemented

Terms To Know

home caregiver
A person who provides care for individuals, such as elderly or disabled people, in their homes.
licensing
The process of getting a permit from the government to do certain jobs or activities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It does not require local governments to create licensing rules; it only gives them permission to do so.
  • The bill does not specify what the exact requirements for home caregiver licenses would be, leaving that up to each local government.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. 2025-12-12 House

    • Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee • Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

  4. 2025-11-25 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Local Licensing of Home Caregivers; Authorizes counties & municipalities to license home caregivers within their jurisdictions.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
HB 555 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to local licensing of home caregivers; 2
creating s. 163.212, F.S.; authorizing counties and 3
municipalities to license home caregivers within their 4
jurisdictions; providing an effective date. 5
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. Section 163.212, Florida Statutes, is created 9
and incorporated into part I of chapter 163, Florida Statutes, 10
to read: 11
163.212 Authorized local licensing of occupations.—In 12
accordance with s. 163.211(2)(b), a county or municipality may, 13
within its jurisdiction, license a home caregiver. 14
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 15