Legislative Alert: HB 1341 + SB 1394 (DBPR)
As the Florida Legislature considers new alcoholic beverage laws that may affect manufacturers, distributors, vendors, and consumers, the firm tracks the policymaking action through the Legislative Alert series of posts here.
A pair of bills that would expand the jurisdiction of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco’s law enforcement agents, authorize the Division to take action against illegal hemp extract sales, and ban most of its licensees from selling nitrous oxide are working their way through the Florida Legislature. Nitrous oxide has been a hot topic around the country, and was covered extensively by the REGULATED podcast co-produced by the firm.
Updates, amendments, and hearings can be accessed directly through the Florida House website.
HB 1341 - Department of Business and Professional Regulation (Link)
General Bill by Plakon
Department of Business and Professional Regulation: 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.
Effective Date: July 1, 2026
SB 1394 - Department of Business and Professional Regulation (Link)
General Bill by Martin
Department of Business and Professional Regulation: Revising the primary investigative, enforcement, and prosecutorial responsibilities of law enforcement officers appointed by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; revising the lists of persons or entities that may request copies of certain documentation relied on by an employer to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility to include the department; revising a provision prohibiting talent agencies from sending or causing to be sent any employee or minor to certain locations for certain purposes; providing that a public lodging establishment or public food service establishment that distributes or sells hemp extract in violation of the state hemp program is subject to specified penalties, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2026
Last Event: 01/08/26 S Filed on Thursday, January 8, 2026 8:20 AM