---
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).