--- type: "Bill" title: "Building Regulations" description: "Building Regulations; Requiring the Florida Building Commission to modify provisions in the Florida Building Code relating to replacement windows, doors, or garage doors; providing requirements for such modifications; revising the timeframes in which local building officials must issue permits or provide certain written notice if certain private providers affix their professional seal to an affidavit; providing requirements for such written notices; deeming a permit application approved under certain circumstances; prohibiting local building code enforcement agency's from auditing the performance of private providers until the local building code enforcement agency creates a manual for standard operating audit procedures; providing requirements for such manual; requiring the manual to be publicly available online or printed; requiring certain audit results to be readily accessible; specifying when a permit application is deemed complete and approved; requiring the commission to review and consider certain provisions of law and technical amendments thereto and report its findings to the Legislature by a specified date, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "HB 267" citation: "Florida HB 267 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["and solicitations", "labor", "municipalities", "public health", "regulation of professions and occupations"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-191" primary_sponsors: ["Esposito"] version_count: 7 action_count: 56 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2023-10-24" last_action: "2024-05-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6310cc52-917b-4b26-9c5c-9c28411ea49e" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/267/ByCategory" source_hash: "fb0d6e6b3b7c9ce551acf19d3177388a70d9037d0fa5c6e63f909379cafdfdbb" 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 267 (2024) — Building Regulations Building Regulations; Requiring the Florida Building Commission to modify provisions in the Florida Building Code relating to replacement windows, doors, or garage doors; providing requirements for such modifications; revising the timeframes in which local building officials must issue permits or provide certain written notice if certain private providers affix their professional seal to an affidavit; providing requirements for such written notices; deeming a permit application approved under certain circumstances; prohibiting local building code enforcement agency's from auditing the performance of private providers until the local building code enforcement agency creates a manual for standard operating audit procedures; providing requirements for such manual; requiring the manual to be publicly available online or printed; requiring certain audit results to be readily accessible; specifying when a permit application is deemed complete and approved; requiring the commission to review and consider certain provisions of law and technical amendments thereto and report its findings to the Legislature by a specified date, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-191. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 267 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/267/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 267 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/267/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 267 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/267/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 267 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/267/BillText/c3/PDF) 5. **H 267 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/267/BillText/e1/PDF) 6. **H 267 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/267/BillText/e2/PDF) 7. **H 267 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/267/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **83–28** (pass) · lower - Passage — **83–29** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Commerce Committee — primary (organization) - Esposito — primary (person) - Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Barnaby — cosponsor (person) - Giallombardo — cosponsor (person) - McClain — cosponsor (person) - Rizo — cosponsor (person) - Roth — cosponsor (person) - Trabulsy — cosponsor (person) - Tramont — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-10-24** Filed `filing` - **2023-11-02** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2023-11-02** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2023-11-02** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-11-02** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee - **2023-12-06** PCS added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda - **2023-12-13** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-12-18** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee - **2023-12-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2023-12-18** CS Filed `filing` - **2023-12-21** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2023-12-21** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-12-21** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee - **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2024-01-29** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda - **2024-01-31** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-01** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee - **2024-02-01** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2024-02-01** CS Filed `filing` - **2024-02-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2024-02-02** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2024-02-02** Now in Commerce Committee - **2024-02-13** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2024-02-15** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-17** Reported out of Commerce Committee - **2024-02-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2024-02-18** CS Filed `filing` - **2024-02-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1` - **2024-02-21** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-02-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2024-02-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024) - **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-01** Amendment 768561 adopted - **2024-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 28 `passage` - **2024-03-04** In Messages - **2024-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2024-03-04** Received `enrolled` - **2024-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-03-06** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 684 - **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (505102) - **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-06** In Messages - **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List - **2024-03-07** Amendment 505102 Concur - **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 29 `passage` - **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-05-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-05-17** Chapter No. 2024-191 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6310cc52-917b-4b26-9c5c-9c28411ea49e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).