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

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties"
+description: "Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties; Provides specified effective date for provisions relating to HVAC manufacturer's warranty transfers; prohibits HVAC manufacturer's warranties from being conditioned upon product registration; provides effective date for certain HVAC systems & components warranties under specified circumstance; provides required information for warranty & product registration cards & forms; prohibits HVAC systems & components warranties from being conditioned upon product registration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
+legislature: "Florida Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 481"
+citation: "Florida HB 481 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["and solicitations", "regulation of professions and occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+chapter_law: "2024-206"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maggard"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-11-15"
+last_action: "2024-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfa69b11-753a-40f1-86b7-006ef9ccccf3"
+source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/ByCategory"
+source_hash: "f35a53df8bcb8b7efeb95b0bdee55e0c03ee16cc5f9c402ff58a5b4a2e105dc2"
+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 481 (2024) — Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties
+
+Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties; Provides specified effective date for provisions relating to HVAC manufacturer's warranty transfers; prohibits HVAC manufacturer's warranties from being conditioned upon product registration; provides effective date for certain HVAC systems & components warranties under specified circumstance; provides required information for warranty & product registration cards & forms; prohibits HVAC systems & components warranties from being conditioned upon product registration.
+
+**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-206.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **H 481 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/BillText/Filed/PDF)
+2. **H 481 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/BillText/c1/PDF)
+3. **H 481 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/BillText/er/PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
+- Maggard — primary (person)
+- McClain — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-11-15** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-11-22** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-22** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-22** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-09** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
+- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
+- **2024-01-11** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-12** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
+- **2024-01-12** CS Filed `filing`
+- **2024-01-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-16** Original reference removed: Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
+- **2024-01-16** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-16** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-16** Now in Commerce Committee
+- **2024-01-19** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
+- **2024-01-23** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
+- **2024-01-24** Now in Judiciary Committee
+- **2024-01-26** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
+- **2024-01-30** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-30** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
+- **2024-01-30** Bill released to House Calendar
+- **2024-01-30** Added to Second Reading Calendar
+- **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
+- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
+- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-22** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2024-02-22** In Messages
+- **2024-02-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-27** Received `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
+- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 612
+- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** In Messages
+- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-29** Chapter No. 2024-206
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfa69b11-753a-40f1-86b7-006ef9ccccf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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