Legislation: Florida — 2,186 enacted records (OpenStates 2026-07-01)

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Government Public Construction Works"
+description: "Local Government Public Construction Works; Revising disclosure requirements for bidding documents and other requests for proposals issued for bids by a local governmental entity and public contracts entered into between local governmental entities and contractors; requiring that a local government that performs projects using its own services, employees, and equipment provide a report to the local governing board with certain information, etc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 279"
+citation: "Florida HB 279 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["public lands and property"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2020-154"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-10-02"
+last_action: "2020-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4340c9f-f897-47b2-8e2a-ac29ad5b80a4"
+source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/279/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "b2b7f9fe011f0251e5415ac6970532836c9eeafb0c1d06632a9c002921e8ea8d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
+---
+
+# Florida HB 279 (2020) — Local Government Public Construction Works
+
+Local Government Public Construction Works; Revising disclosure requirements for bidding documents and other requests for proposals issued for bids by a local governmental entity and public contracts entered into between local governmental entities and contractors; requiring that a local government that performs projects using its own services, employees, and equipment provide a report to the local governing board with certain information, etc.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-154.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 279 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/279/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 279 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/279/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 279 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/279/BillText/c2/PDF)
+4. **H 279 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/279/BillText/e1/PDF)
+5. **H 279 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/279/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage, Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+- Favorable (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — **8–2** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **11–3** (pass) · lower
+- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-10-02** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-10-14** Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Business and Professions Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2020-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
+- **2020-01-29** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 3
+- **2020-01-29** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
+- **2020-01-29** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee read 1st time
+- **2020-01-30** Now in Business and Professions Subcommittee
+- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
+- **2020-02-04** Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-04** Now in State Affairs Committee
+- **2020-02-25** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
+- **2020-02-27** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
+- **2020-02-28** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
+- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-03-02** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
+- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
+- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (217229) -HJ 893, 896
+- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 1 `passage`
+- **2020-03-09** In Messages
+- **2020-03-09** Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-09** Received
+- **2020-03-11** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2020-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-11** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 504
+- **2020-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-11** Placed on 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-12** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Ordered enrolled
+- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
+- **2020-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-01** Chapter No. 2020-154
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4340c9f-f897-47b2-8e2a-ac29ad5b80a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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