---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Prevention"
description: "Fire Prevention ; Requires local enforcement agency to issue permit for fire alarm system project or fire sprinkler system project within specified time period; authorizes work to commence immediately; requires local enforcement agency to provide inspection within specified timeframe; requires that certain plans & specifications be available for onsite plans review during inspection; requires contractor to provide additional documents, if necessary, within specified timeframe; prohibits local enforcement agency from requiring additional plans reviews or documentation outside scope of permitted work; requires that permit fees be refunded by certain percentage if local government fails to meet certain deadlines; provides exceptions; requires local enforcement agencies to establish simplified permitting process by specified date; provides that county or municipality may only enforce ordinance that has been sent to Florida Building Commission & State Fire Marshal as of certain date; requires uniform summary inspection report to include specified information; removes requirement for brief summary of deficiencies; requires contractor's detailed inspection report to be provided along with uniform summary inspection report; removes exception from submitting certain information within detailed inspection report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 551"
citation: "Florida HB 551 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-115"
primary_sponsors: ["Borrero"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00764254-94d6-4ee1-8d5c-cc84fe22dfd1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4ccbe533d1094fe19cb0c38b893cef8ef55a5fcb245f4fc160214eb5c2aebc50"
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 551 (2025) — Fire Prevention

Fire Prevention ; Requires local enforcement agency to issue permit for fire alarm system project or fire sprinkler system project within specified time period; authorizes work to commence immediately; requires local enforcement agency to provide inspection within specified timeframe; requires that certain plans & specifications be available for onsite plans review during inspection; requires contractor to provide additional documents, if necessary, within specified timeframe; prohibits local enforcement agency from requiring additional plans reviews or documentation outside scope of permitted work; requires that permit fees be refunded by certain percentage if local government fails to meet certain deadlines; provides exceptions; requires local enforcement agencies to establish simplified permitting process by specified date; provides that county or municipality may only enforce ordinance that has been sent to Florida Building Commission & State Fire Marshal as of certain date; requires uniform summary inspection report to include specified information; removes requirement for brief summary of deficiencies; requires contractor's detailed inspection report to be provided along with uniform summary inspection report; removes exception from submitting certain information within detailed inspection report.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-115.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 551 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 551 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 551 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 551 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Borrero — primary (person)
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- **2025-03-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-03-14** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-14** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-04-07** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2025-04-09** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2025-04-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2025-04-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2025-04-11** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2025-04-15** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2025-04-16** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-23** In Messages
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled`
- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1078
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-04** Chapter No. 2025-115

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00764254-94d6-4ee1-8d5c-cc84fe22dfd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).