---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction"
description: "Construction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "Florida HB 447 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["relations", "municipalities", "regulation of professions and occupations", "and solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-75"
primary_sponsors: ["Diamond"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c139f383-c611-49f7-96a4-942138744578"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/447/ByCategory"
source_hash: "50f5d11de1d23e8a7a81cf10a5a2f97e921f8f37f9f44b5295c08527e4a238d8"
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 447 (2019) — Construction

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-75.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 447 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/447/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 447 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/447/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 447 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/447/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 447 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/447/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 447 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/447/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 447 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/447/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Message, Passage — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diamond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** PCS on Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 11:30 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-03-19** CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-20** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-20** CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-21** Now in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2019-03-22** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-26** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2019-04-02** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall -- Temporarily postponed
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/10/19, 8:15 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-10** CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-15** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-16** CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) adopted (758399, 797809) -HJ 818,821
- **2019-04-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** In Messages
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Community Affairs; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-02** Substituted for CS/SB 902
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) adopted (970072)
- **2019-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Motion to reconsider adopted
- **2019-05-03** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (353614)
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** In returning messages
- **2019-05-03** Temporarily postponed, on Senate message list
- **2019-05-03** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (970072) -HJ 1265, 1267
- **2019-05-03** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-75

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c139f383-c611-49f7-96a4-942138744578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).