---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Sprinkler System Projects"
description: "Fire Sprinkler System Projects; Provides requirements for simplified permitting process for certain fire sprinkler system projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "Florida HB 327 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-224"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/433b05cf-3b95-4986-bad1-96e177b5d2d4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/327/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7a5aa40e0b3f1c88907068194d520acbc01ce20808e2d57e958ddb44bd976abc"
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 327 (2023) — Fire Sprinkler System Projects

Fire Sprinkler System Projects; Provides requirements for simplified permitting process for certain fire sprinkler system projects.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-224.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 327 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/327/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 327 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/327/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 327 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/327/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 327 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/327/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 327 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/327/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-02-16** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-23** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2023-03-23** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment 834977 adopted
- **2023-03-30** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-12** Substituted for CS/SB 408
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Immediately certified
- **2023-04-12** In Messages
- **2023-04-12** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-224

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/433b05cf-3b95-4986-bad1-96e177b5d2d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).