--- type: "Bill" title: "Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits" description: "Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits; Requiring certain governing bodies, by a date certain, to each create a program to expedite the process for issuing residential building permits before a final plat is recorded; requiring a governing body to create certain processes for purposes of the program; authorizing a governing body to issue addresses and temporary parcel identification numbers for specified purposes; prohibiting a governing body from making substantive changes to a preliminary plat without written consent, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 812" citation: "Florida SB 812 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["municipalities"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-210" primary_sponsors: ["Community Affairs", "Ingoglia", "Regulated Industries", "Rules"] version_count: 6 action_count: 36 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-12-08" last_action: "2024-05-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2361f27-ccdc-40a5-8292-42bf40405d96" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/812/ByCategory" source_hash: "c7ee271335a520704b245c7e70ceecd004bc2dab4f436e88cad1f15fe52fc22c" 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 SB 812 (2024) — Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits; Requiring certain governing bodies, by a date certain, to each create a program to expedite the process for issuing residential building permits before a final plat is recorded; requiring a governing body to create certain processes for purposes of the program; authorizing a governing body to issue addresses and temporary parcel identification numbers for specified purposes; prohibiting a governing body from making substantive changes to a preliminary plat without written consent, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-210. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 812 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/812/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 812 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/812/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 812 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/812/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 812 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/812/BillText/c3/HTML) 5. **S 812 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/812/BillText/e1/HTML) 6. **S 812 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/812/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **89–25** (pass) · lower - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **17–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Community Affairs — primary (person) - Ingoglia — primary (person) - Regulated Industries — primary (person) - Rules — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-12-08** Filed `filing` - **2024-01-04** Referred to Community Affairs; Regulated Industries; Rules `referral-committee` - **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction` - **2024-01-17** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/22/24, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Building - **2024-01-22** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 - **2024-01-24** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-01-24** Now in Regulated Industries - **2024-01-25** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time - **2024-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 02/05/24, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2024-02-05** CS/CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 - **2024-02-06** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-06** Now in Rules - **2024-02-07** CS/CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time - **2024-02-09** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/14/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2024-02-14** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 - **2024-02-16** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-02-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-02-20** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time - **2024-02-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/24 - **2024-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-02-28** Amendment(s) adopted (640118) - **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-02-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-02-28** In Messages - **2024-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024) - **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 89, NAYS 25 `passage` - **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-05-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-05-30** Chapter No. 2024-210 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2361f27-ccdc-40a5-8292-42bf40405d96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).