---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enforcement of the Florida Building Code"
description: "Enforcement of the Florida Building Code; Revising the manner in which a local government is required to spend excess funds, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1614"
citation: "Florida SB 1614 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-126"
primary_sponsors: ["Leek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47279fac-13f4-48fa-95b7-ff37ff91d4ea"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1614/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5700a607ccbfcfaeb53e536b6cc80e9edd15fd102101dc0b4500771781f39c89"
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 1614 (2026) — Enforcement of the Florida Building Code

Enforcement of the Florida Building Code; Revising the manner in which a local government is required to spend excess funds, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-126.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1614 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1614/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1614 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1614/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1614 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1614/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1614 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1614/BillText/c3/HTML)
5. **S 1614 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1614/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appropriations — primary (organization)
- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization)
- Community Affairs — primary (organization)
- Leek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2026-02-03** CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2026-02-04** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-04** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2026-02-10** CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- **2026-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/18/26, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-18** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- **2026-02-20** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-23** Now in Appropriations
- **2026-02-24** CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
- **2026-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-03-02** CS/CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2026-03-03** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-03-03** CS/CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-126

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47279fac-13f4-48fa-95b7-ff37ff91d4ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).