--- type: "Bill" title: "My Safe Florida Home Program" description: "My Safe Florida Home Program; Provides that licensed inspectors are to provide hurricane mitigation inspections on site-built, single-family, residential properties; revises information provided to homeowners as part of hurricane mitigation inspection; revises criteria for mitigation grant eligibility for homeowners; revises amount low-income homeowners may receive from DFS under grant program; removes provision authorizing low-income homeowners to use grant funds for specified purposes; removes provision requiring contracts entered into by DFS to be reviewed & approved by LBC; requires DFS to develop certain quality assurance & reinspection program." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "HB 881" citation: "Florida HB 881 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2023-176" primary_sponsors: ["LaMarca"] version_count: 4 action_count: 45 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-02-16" last_action: "2023-06-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca028194-da15-497b-9e21-3857b7bbfc3b" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/881/ByCategory" source_hash: "96ae8cdef8bbc05f04b34013f93a7fd07c7b4f7ecb8fbce934eb8d58fa2238fc" 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 881 (2023) — My Safe Florida Home Program My Safe Florida Home Program; Provides that licensed inspectors are to provide hurricane mitigation inspections on site-built, single-family, residential properties; revises information provided to homeowners as part of hurricane mitigation inspection; revises criteria for mitigation grant eligibility for homeowners; revises amount low-income homeowners may receive from DFS under grant program; removes provision authorizing low-income homeowners to use grant funds for specified purposes; removes provision requiring contracts entered into by DFS to be reviewed & approved by LBC; requires DFS to develop certain quality assurance & reinspection program. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-176. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 881 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/881/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 881 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/881/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 881 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/881/BillText/e1/PDF) 4. **H 881 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/881/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization) - LaMarca — primary (person) - Chaney — cosponsor (person) - Eskamani — cosponsor (person) - Leek — cosponsor (person) - Roth — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-16** Filed `filing` - **2023-02-28** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2023-02-28** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-02-28** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee - **2023-03-07** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda - **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2023-03-09** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-09** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee - **2023-03-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2023-03-09** CS Filed `filing` - **2023-03-09** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee - **2023-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2023-03-17** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda - **2023-03-21** Favorable by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-21** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee - **2023-03-21** Now in Commerce Committee - **2023-03-23** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2023-03-27** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-27** Reported out of Commerce Committee - **2023-03-27** Bill released to House Calendar - **2023-03-27** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023) - **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-25** Amendment 601959 adopted - **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2023-04-26** In Messages - **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled` - **2023-04-28** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal` - **2023-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2023-04-28** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 748 - **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2023-04-28** In Messages - **2023-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-05-31** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-06-01** Chapter No. 2023-176 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca028194-da15-497b-9e21-3857b7bbfc3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).