---
type: "Bill"
title: "County and Municipal Code Enforcement"
description: "County and Municipal Code Enforcement; Prohibiting code inspectors designated by boards of county commissioners from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code inspectors from initiating enforcement proceedings for potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code enforcement officers from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code inspectors designated by governing bodies of municipalities from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; requiring persons who report potential violations of codes and ordinances to provide specified information to the governing body before an investigation occurs, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "Florida SB 60 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["municipalities", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-167"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3328e31d-0d9d-45cc-85b3-1b08eb929ba7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/60/ByCategory"
source_hash: "58619af3d0ce9d76c6619d94cfbabadc2b8ad7f50d9b78d6a7623d879869b087"
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 60 (2021) — County and Municipal Code Enforcement

County and Municipal Code Enforcement; Prohibiting code inspectors designated by boards of county commissioners from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code inspectors from initiating enforcement proceedings for potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code enforcement officers from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code inspectors designated by governing bodies of municipalities from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; requiring persons who report potential violations of codes and ordinances to provide specified information to the governing body before an investigation occurs, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-167.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 60 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/60/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 60 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/60/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 60 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/60/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **81–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/02/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-02-02** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
- **2021-02-03** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2021-02-03** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2021-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/03/21, 12:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 4 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Now in Rules
- **2021-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/11/21, 8:15 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-03-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-03-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/18/21
- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** CS passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Immediately certified
- **2021-03-25** 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 81, NAYS 35 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-167

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3328e31d-0d9d-45cc-85b3-1b08eb929ba7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).