News & Industry Updates

Good Morning Membership, As of October 2023 the Association has spent $47,500 fighting the unintended consequences of HB735. Construction Industry Licensing Board is working on the Grandfathering language and development of other Specialty Licenses to undo the unintended consequences, however we still have some more work to do. We will have approximately 4 more meetings…

We have the show completely sold out with vendors and new products! We have room for some last minute contractors to sign up today. We will have some new products that this will be first time introduced to the marine contractors. You do not want to miss it. OSHA workshop on Friday, the rules/regs of…

Good Morning all, We have a sponsorship opportunity available. It’s great for the vendor’s to host the Hospitality Suite. If you would like to host the Hospitality Suite or would like more information, please reach out to me at 904-553-5189 or kelly.white@myfmca.org. We are also looking for raffle give a ways for the Saturday morning…

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Good Morning, I received an update this morning that the Governor signed HB 1383/SJ 661 into Law yesterday. It extends the deadline for sunsetting of local licenses until July 1, 2024, but it also provides a bit more clarity on the counties abilities to continue to issue local licenses that are substantially similar to the…

Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 06/29/23) IF HE FAILS TO DO SO, IT WILL BECOME LAW THIS IS A MUST HAVE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, TO MAINTAIN LOCAL SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS LICENSING AND HELP MAINTAIN HOME RULE

If you receive an email from Nicole Heger trying to sell a membership list, its spam!!! We do not sell our membership and even share it with third parties. If you ever want a list of our members and your are a paid up member, please reach out and I will share it with you…

Representative Trabulsy amended her bill to match the Hooper bill with a couple minor differences. The preemption date is now July 1, 2024 in both bills and include state voluntary licensure for marine contractors through the CILB. Both bills are now heading to the floor. Time spent in Tallahassee and on the calls is paying…

Our lobbyist, Scott Barnhart and I met with State Representative Mooney & State Senator Hooper on March 20, 2023 at the State Capital regarding the unintended consequences of HB735 and the local county/municipal contractor licensing. It was a very productive meeting and there is a considerable amount of discussion and determination to rectify the unintended…

Leadership for both the State House & State Senate have requested Bill’s be presented to correct the issue’s pertaining to HB735 and our locally licensed Marine Contractor’s. I will be heading to Tallahassee on Monday & Tuesday next week to meet with State Senator Ed Hooper & State Representative Jim Mooney to discuss the bills….

State Rep. Dana Trabulsy (R-St. Lucie) has asked if we can help her efforts. She has introduced a bill (HB 1383) that she hopes will address our contractor licensing issue. The bill will need to be amended during the process to address our issues. Rep. Trabulsy has said she is committed to work with the…