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Bill	Florida Building Code	Florida Building Code; Prohibiting certain regulations relating to building design elements from being applied to certain dwellings; providing exceptions; providing requirements for the petition and commission; requiring the commission to issue a nonbinding advisory opinion within a specified timeframe; prohibiting the use of preliminary maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under certain circumstances; authorizing the commission to issue errata to the code; prohibiting a local government from requiring certain contracts for the issuance of a building permit; authorizing certain local entities to use a private provider for code inspection services under certain circumstances; revising how certain excess funds may be used by a local government; requiring evaluation entities that meet certain criteria to comply with certain standards; authorizing the commission to suspend or revoke certain approvals under certain circumstances, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021	HB 401	Florida HB 401 (2021)	bill	and solicitations	enacted	2021-201		5	72	7	2021-01-25	2021-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/75553261-637b-47b3-b50a-d16cc4ca01a8	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/401/ByCategory	f857014d64e75eff9b20c636366861b91949a731bdc8ddb073cfecdf13b50155	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 401 (2021) — Florida Building Code

Florida Building Code; Prohibiting certain regulations relating to building design elements from being applied to certain dwellings; providing exceptions; providing requirements for the petition and commission; requiring the commission to issue a nonbinding advisory opinion within a specified timeframe; prohibiting the use of preliminary maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under certain circumstances; authorizing the commission to issue errata to the code; prohibiting a local government from requiring certain contracts for the issuance of a building permit; authorizing certain local entities to use a private provider for code inspection services under certain circumstances; revising how certain excess funds may be used by a local government; requiring evaluation entities that meet certain criteria to comply with certain standards; authorizing the commission to suspend or revoke certain approvals under certain circumstances, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-201.

Version chain

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

1. H 401 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 401 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 401 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 401 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. H 401 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Returning Messages — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 102–12 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Commerce Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-25 Filed filing
• 2021-02-08 Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
• 2021-02-26 Added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
• 2021-03-02 Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
• 2021-03-02 Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
• 2021-03-02 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2021-03-02 CS Filed
• 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
• 2021-03-03 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• 2021-03-04 Original reference removed: Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
• 2021-03-30 Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
• 2021-04-01 Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01 Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
• 2021-04-01 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2021-04-12 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
• 2021-04-14 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
• 2021-04-14 Reported out of Commerce Committee
• 2021-04-15 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2021-04-15 CS Filed
• 2021-04-15 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
• 2021-04-16 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2021-04-16 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-18 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/21/2021)
• 2021-04-19 Amendment 004817 filed
• 2021-04-19 Amendment 292225 filed
• 2021-04-19 Amendment 373511 filed
• 2021-04-19 Amendment 588111 filed
• 2021-04-20 Amendment 004817 withdrawn
• 2021-04-20 Amendment 588111 withdrawn
• 2021-04-21 Amendment 292225 withdrawn
• 2021-04-21 Amendment 373511 withdrawn
• 2021-04-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-21 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-22 CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 passage
• 2021-04-22 In Messages
• 2021-04-22 Message sent to senate
• 2021-04-22 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2021-04-22 Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1146
• 2021-04-22 Received
• 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Amendment(s) adopted (577214, 728214)
• 2021-04-22 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (728704, 833996) -SJ 668, 670
• 2021-04-26 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 2 passage
• 2021-04-26 In Messages
• 2021-04-29 Amendment 707073 filed
• 2021-04-29 Added to Senate Message List
• 2021-04-29 Amendment 707073 adopted
• 2021-04-29 Amendment 728704 Concur
• 2021-04-29 Concurred in Senate amendment 833996 as amended
• 2021-04-29 CS passed as amended; YEAS 102, NAYS 12 passage
• 2021-04-29 In returning messages
• 2021-04-29 Message sent to senate
• 2021-04-30 Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (707073)
• 2021-04-30 CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 passage
• 2021-04-30 In Messages
• 2021-04-30 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2021-06-28 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2021-06-29 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-07-06 Chapter No. 2021-201

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75553261-637b-47b3-b50a-d16cc4ca01a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).