---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Sprinklers"
description: "Fire Sprinklers; Revising the definition of the term “Contractor V”; authorizing certain fire protection system contractors to design certain systems; revising the definition of the term “fire protection system”, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Florida SB 286 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-123"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-17"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5defe821-8490-469f-98b4-f49760e21cbd"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/286/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a6932f285bdfc15bf20956d9cca09a53148d71ef0fd8b41941426d6ec0f63d43"
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 SB 286 (2021) — Fire Sprinklers

Fire Sprinklers; Revising the definition of the term “Contractor V”; authorizing certain fire protection system contractors to design certain systems; revising the definition of the term “fire protection system”, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-123.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 286 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/286/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 286 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/286/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 286 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/286/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Regulated Industries; Banking and Insurance; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/01/21, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-01** CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-03-02** CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
- **2021-03-04** Now in Banking and Insurance
- **2021-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/10/21, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-10** Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Now in Rules
- **2021-03-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/18/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
- **2021-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/25/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-25** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/07/21
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-123, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1209 (Ch. 2021-113)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5defe821-8490-469f-98b4-f49760e21cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).