Florida’s Dirty Dozen: Twelve Repealers That Can Boost Business, Create Jobs, and Change Florida’s Economic Policy for the Better

Many of these arbitrary regulations are passed at the request of professional associations and government boards that want to protect the pocket books of their members by shutting out new competition. In 2012, the Institute for Justice (IJ) published a study on the burdens of occupational licensing and found licensing laws stall job growth and economic development across the country.
The study found Florida has the fourth-most burdensome licensing requirements in the country, often imposing restrictions on occupations that most other states do not even bother to regulate— like interior designers and travel agents—because they pose no harm to consumers.

Ari Bargil and Claudia Murray Edenfield

Institute for Justice

February 2014

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