---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Permits and Inspections"
description: "Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development regulation that treats an offsite-constructed residential dwelling differently or more restrictively than certain dwellings in the same district; requiring local governments to exempt certain owners and contractors from requiring a building permit for the installation of temporary residential hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to make certain decisions relating to certain building permits within a specified timeframe; prohibiting an association or certain committees from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite for a certain review, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 803"
citation: "Florida HB 803 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "real and personal property", "regulation of professions and occupations", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-63"
primary_sponsors: ["Overdorf", "Trabulsy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6304aa94-075d-4e10-bed7-e386604be5f2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fe0773812dd4fdca4dd522dbaf1df78479c6919f924949980a5379aead6ab699"
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 803 (2026) — Building Permits and Inspections

Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development regulation that treats an offsite-constructed residential dwelling differently or more restrictively than certain dwellings in the same district; requiring local governments to exempt certain owners and contractors from requiring a building permit for the installation of temporary residential hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to make certain decisions relating to certain building permits within a specified timeframe; prohibiting an association or certain committees from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite for a certain review, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-63.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 803 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 803 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 803 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 803 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 803 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 803 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Overdorf — primary (person)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-01-21** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-02-03** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-05** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-02-05** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2026-02-16** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2026-02-18** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-19** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2026-02-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-19** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Amendment 725319 adopted
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1234
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (140962)
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Added to Senate Message List
- **2026-03-12** Amendment 140962 Concur
- **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-07** Chapter No. 2026-63

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6304aa94-075d-4e10-bed7-e386604be5f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).