---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Building Code"
description: "Florida Building Code; Prohibiting certain regulations relating to building design elements from being applied to certain dwellings; providing exceptions; providing requirements for the petition and commission; requiring the commission to issue a nonbinding advisory opinion within a specified timeframe; prohibiting the use of preliminary maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under certain circumstances; authorizing the commission to issue errata to the code; prohibiting a local government from requiring certain contracts for the issuance of a building permit; authorizing certain local entities to use a private provider for code inspection services under certain circumstances; revising how certain excess funds may be used by a local government; requiring evaluation entities that meet certain criteria to comply with certain standards; authorizing the commission to suspend or revoke certain approvals under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "Florida HB 401 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-201"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75553261-637b-47b3-b50a-d16cc4ca01a8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/401/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f857014d64e75eff9b20c636366861b91949a731bdc8ddb073cfecdf13b50155"
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 401 (2021) — Florida Building Code

Florida Building Code; Prohibiting certain regulations relating to building design elements from being applied to certain dwellings; providing exceptions; providing requirements for the petition and commission; requiring the commission to issue a nonbinding advisory opinion within a specified timeframe; prohibiting the use of preliminary maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under certain circumstances; authorizing the commission to issue errata to the code; prohibiting a local government from requiring certain contracts for the issuance of a building permit; authorizing certain local entities to use a private provider for code inspection services under certain circumstances; revising how certain excess funds may be used by a local government; requiring evaluation entities that meet certain criteria to comply with certain standards; authorizing the commission to suspend or revoke certain approvals under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-201.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 401 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/401/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 401 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/401/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 401 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/401/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 401 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/401/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 401 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/401/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **102–12** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-02-26** Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-02** CS Filed
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-04** Original reference removed: Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-03-30** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-04-01** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-04-01** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-12** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-04-14** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-15** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-15** CS Filed
- **2021-04-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-16** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-18** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/21/2021)
- **2021-04-19** Amendment 004817 filed
- **2021-04-19** Amendment 292225 filed
- **2021-04-19** Amendment 373511 filed
- **2021-04-19** Amendment 588111 filed
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 004817 withdrawn
- **2021-04-20** Amendment 588111 withdrawn
- **2021-04-21** Amendment 292225 withdrawn
- **2021-04-21** Amendment 373511 withdrawn
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** In Messages
- **2021-04-22** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-22** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1146
- **2021-04-22** Received
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Amendment(s) adopted (577214, 728214)
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (728704, 833996) -SJ 668, 670
- **2021-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 707073 filed
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 707073 adopted
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 728704 Concur
- **2021-04-29** Concurred in Senate amendment 833996 as amended
- **2021-04-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 102, NAYS 12 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** In returning messages
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-30** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (707073)
- **2021-04-30** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** In Messages
- **2021-04-30** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-201

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75553261-637b-47b3-b50a-d16cc4ca01a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).