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Bill	Public Works	Public Works; Revises prohibition relating to solicitation for construction services paid for with state appropriated funds; prohibits state or political subdivision that contracts for public works project from taking specified action against certain persons that are engaged in public works project or have submitted bid for such project; requires OEDR to include an analysis of certain expenditures in its annual assessment; requires counties, municipalities, & special districts that provide wastewater services & stormwater management to develop needs analysis.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021	HB 53	Florida HB 53 (2021)	bill	public lands and property	enacted	2021-194		7	55	6	2020-12-10	2021-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1d22dc81-776d-4a10-aea6-036722ee7bc9	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/53/ByCategory	3d7f2f904bc52f0f5e4874ddd25c07ccf0c1dc78cddfc083c66e55d04406b2f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 53 (2021) — Public Works

Public Works; Revises prohibition relating to solicitation for construction services paid for with state appropriated funds; prohibits state or political subdivision that contracts for public works project from taking specified action against certain persons that are engaged in public works project or have submitted bid for such project; requires OEDR to include an analysis of certain expenditures in its annual assessment; requires counties, municipalities, & special districts that provide wastewater services & stormwater management to develop needs analysis.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-194.

Version chain

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

1. H 53 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 53 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 53 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 53 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. H 53 e1 (engrossed) — source
6. H 53 e2 (engrossed) — source
7. H 53 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 78–36 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — 16–8 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Government Operations Subcommittee) — 10–6 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 79–34 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Public Integrity & Elections Committee) — 11–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-10 Filed filing
• 2021-01-15 Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Public Integrity and Elections Committee; State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
• 2021-02-18 Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
• 2021-02-19 Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
• 2021-02-19 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2021-02-19 CS Filed
• 2021-02-23 Referred to Public Integrity & Elections Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Now in Public Integrity & Elections Committee
• 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
• 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• 2021-03-25 Added to Public Integrity & Elections Committee agenda
• 2021-03-29 Favorable with CS by Public Integrity & Elections Committee
• 2021-03-30 Reported out of Public Integrity & Elections Committee
• 2021-03-30 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2021-03-30 CS Filed
• 2021-03-30 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
• 2021-04-01 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-01 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2021-04-18 PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2021-04-19 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
• 2021-04-19 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2021-04-19 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2021-04-19 CS Filed
• 2021-04-19 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2021-04-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/22/2021)
• 2021-04-19 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
• 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Amendment 869533 adopted
• 2021-04-22 Amendment 038919 adopted
• 2021-04-22 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-22 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-23 CS passed as amended; YEAS 78, NAYS 36 passage
• 2021-04-23 In Messages
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2021-04-23 Received
• 2021-04-26 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2021-04-26 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2021-04-26 Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1076
• 2021-04-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) adopted (427668)
• 2021-04-26 Amendment(s) failed (923332)
• 2021-04-26 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2021-04-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-27 CS passed as amended; YEAS 24 NAYS 16 passage
• 2021-04-27 In Messages
• 2021-04-28 Added to Senate Message List
• 2021-04-28 Amendment 427668 Concur
• 2021-04-28 CS passed as amended; YEAS 79, NAYS 34 passage
• 2021-04-28 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. 2021-194

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d22dc81-776d-4a10-aea6-036722ee7bc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).