---
type: "Bill"
title: "Engineering"
description: "Engineering; Providing penalties for persons who repeatedly engage in the unlicensed practice of engineering, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 800"
citation: "Florida SB 800 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-98"
primary_sponsors: ["Mayfield"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-09"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1788918-0302-424a-84e1-789081d1cadb"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/800/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5eb628ac1b6f1b866b8f1bffe3fafaeae3d1f0e5f554cba6ffd42b3e26aa89ef"
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 800 (2026) — Engineering

Engineering; Providing penalties for persons who repeatedly engage in the unlicensed practice of engineering, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-98.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 800 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/800/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 800 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/800/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 800 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/800/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 800 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/800/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fiscal Policy — primary (organization)
- Mayfield — primary (person)
- Regulated Industries — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-09** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-16** Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-01-20** CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2026-01-21** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-01-22** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2026-01-22** CS by Regulated Industries 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** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2026-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-24** CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2026-02-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-24** CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- **2026-02-25** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** 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 2) `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 111, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-98

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1788918-0302-424a-84e1-789081d1cadb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).