---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties"
description: "Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties; Provides specified effective date for provisions relating to HVAC manufacturer's warranty transfers; prohibits HVAC manufacturer's warranties from being conditioned upon product registration; provides effective date for certain HVAC systems & components warranties under specified circumstance; provides required information for warranty & product registration cards & forms; prohibits HVAC systems & components warranties from being conditioned upon product registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 481"
citation: "Florida HB 481 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-206"
primary_sponsors: ["Maggard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-15"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfa69b11-753a-40f1-86b7-006ef9ccccf3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f35a53df8bcb8b7efeb95b0bdee55e0c03ee16cc5f9c402ff58a5b4a2e105dc2"
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 481 (2024) — Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties

Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties; Provides specified effective date for provisions relating to HVAC manufacturer's warranty transfers; prohibits HVAC manufacturer's warranties from being conditioned upon product registration; provides effective date for certain HVAC systems & components warranties under specified circumstance; provides required information for warranty & product registration cards & forms; prohibits HVAC systems & components warranties from being conditioned upon product registration.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-206.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 481 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 481 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 481 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Maggard — primary (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-09** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-12** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2024-01-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Original reference removed: Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2024-01-19** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2024-01-23** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2024-01-24** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-26** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-01-30** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-30** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-30** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** In Messages
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 612
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Chapter No. 2024-206

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfa69b11-753a-40f1-86b7-006ef9ccccf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).