---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Inspections"
description: "Building Inspections; Requires certain counties & enforcement agencies allow requests for inspections to be submitted electronically; provides acceptable methods of electronic submission; authorizes enforcement agencies to perform virtual inspections; requires refund of fees in certain circumstances; requires surcharges be recalculated under certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 667"
citation: "Florida HB 667 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "labor", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-212"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b630eb0-ced6-4f9d-b277-f3df92833f88"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/667/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7707a2134bab7a2bca59227c2529776949aed43d4360c397aa43d54df30d06b6"
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 667 (2021) — Building Inspections

Building Inspections; Requires certain counties & enforcement agencies allow requests for inspections to be submitted electronically; provides acceptable methods of electronic submission; authorizes enforcement agencies to perform virtual inspections; requires refund of fees in certain circumstances; requires surcharges be recalculated under certain conditions.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-212.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 667 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/667/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 667 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/667/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 667 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/667/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 667 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/667/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** 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** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-03** CS Filed
- **2021-03-03** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 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
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with CS by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee(Amended)
- **2021-04-01** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2021-04-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-04-01** CS Filed
- **2021-04-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-04-02** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-12** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-04-14** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-04-14** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1382
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-212

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b630eb0-ced6-4f9d-b277-f3df92833f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).