--- type: "Bill" title: "Local Land Planning and Development" description: "Local Land Planning and Development; Requiring each county and municipality, respectively, of a specified size to create and implement a program for the purpose of making development preapplication consultation services available at an applicant's request; limiting such preapplication consultation services to applications for certain permits; authorizing a county or municipality to use a qualified contractor or qualified contractor firm to fulfill specified preapplication services requirements; requiring a local government to establish a registry of a specified number of qualified contractors or qualified contractor firms to conduct certain preapplication services; prohibiting a qualified contractor or qualified contractor firm from having a conflict of interest; prohibiting a local government from creating, establishing, or applying any additional local procedure or condition for the administrative approval of a plat or replat which is inconsistent with specified provisions, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 927" citation: "Florida HB 927 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-64" primary_sponsors: ["Sapp"] version_count: 6 action_count: 51 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-12-29" last_action: "2026-05-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3202677d-2221-49fd-b914-5741d659df18" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/927/ByCategory" source_hash: "73cff3927bcf684acedeef578d86b60adc6c2fd32ca771072ab7356b7c0d4f6c" 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 927 (2026) — Local Land Planning and Development Local Land Planning and Development; Requiring each county and municipality, respectively, of a specified size to create and implement a program for the purpose of making development preapplication consultation services available at an applicant's request; limiting such preapplication consultation services to applications for certain permits; authorizing a county or municipality to use a qualified contractor or qualified contractor firm to fulfill specified preapplication services requirements; requiring a local government to establish a registry of a specified number of qualified contractors or qualified contractor firms to conduct certain preapplication services; prohibiting a qualified contractor or qualified contractor firm from having a conflict of interest; prohibiting a local government from creating, establishing, or applying any additional local procedure or condition for the administrative approval of a plat or replat which is inconsistent with specified provisions, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-64. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 927 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/927/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 927 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/927/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 927 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/927/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 927 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/927/BillText/c3/PDF) 5. **H 927 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/927/BillText/e1/PDF) 6. **H 927 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/927/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **13–1** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **23–2** (pass) · lower - Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **17–3** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Commerce Committee — primary (organization) - Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Sapp — primary (person) - State Affairs Committee — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-12-29** Filed `filing` - **2026-01-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-12** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-01-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2026-02-03** PCS added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda - **2026-02-05** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-06** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee - **2026-02-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-02-06** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-02-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2026-02-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-02-09** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-02-09** Now in Commerce Committee - **2026-02-16** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2026-02-18** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-18** 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** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2026-02-20** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee` - **2026-02-20** Now in State Affairs Committee - **2026-02-20** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda - **2026-02-24** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-02-25** Reported out of State Affairs Committee - **2026-02-25** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2026-02-25** CS Filed `filing` - **2026-02-25** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1` - **2026-03-02** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-03-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2026-03-02** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026) - **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-05** Amendment 438269 adopted - **2026-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-05** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-05** In Messages - **2026-03-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee` - **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal` - **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1138 - **2026-03-05** Received `enrolled` - **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-05** In Messages - **2026-03-05** Ordered 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. 2026-64 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3202677d-2221-49fd-b914-5741d659df18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).