---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Regulation"
description: "Building Regulation; Revises provisions of law relating to building regulation including building code or plans examiner eligibility; conditions on provisional certificates; transferability of internship programs; demolition permits for structures; administrative fees; access to certain documents; certificates of occupancy or completion; requests for additional information from building permit applicants; & authorizes civil action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 423"
citation: "Florida HB 423 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations", "solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-136"
primary_sponsors: ["LaMarca"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-27"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5feab0e-9237-4329-b2a5-27504880c96c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/423/ByCategory"
source_hash: "854b0153005d0a0864c38123ec8b0169a8f3fb1b441c21c4458b228b8eb6f77b"
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 423 (2022) — Building Regulation

Building Regulation; Revises provisions of law relating to building regulation including building code or plans examiner eligibility; conditions on provisional certificates; transferability of internship programs; demolition permits for structures; administrative fees; access to certain documents; certificates of occupancy or completion; requests for additional information from building permit applicants; & authorizes civil action.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-136.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 423 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/423/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 423 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/423/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 423 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/423/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 423 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/423/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- LaMarca — primary (person)
- Regulatory Reform Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-05** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-11-23** Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-12-02** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-12-03** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-12-03** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-12-03** CS Filed
- **2021-12-07** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-07** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-07** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-01-31** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-02** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-02-02** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-21** PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-24** CS Filed
- **2022-02-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2022-02-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Received
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 644
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-26** Chapter No. 2022-136

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5feab0e-9237-4329-b2a5-27504880c96c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).