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| Bill | Local Government Public Construction Works | Local Government Public Construction Works; Revising disclosure requirements for bidding documents and other requests for proposals issued for bids by a local governmental entity and public contracts entered into between local governmental entities and contractors; requiring that a local government that performs projects using its own services, employees, and equipment provide a report to the local governing board with certain information, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2020 | HB 279 | Florida HB 279 (2020) |
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enacted | 2020-154 |
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5 | 36 | 5 | 2019-10-02 | 2020-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/c4340c9f-f897-47b2-8e2a-ac29ad5b80a4 | http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/279/ByCategory | b2b7f9fe011f0251e5415ac6970532836c9eeafb0c1d06632a9c002921e8ea8d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 279 (2020) — Local Government Public Construction Works
Local Government Public Construction Works; Revising disclosure requirements for bidding documents and other requests for proposals issued for bids by a local governmental entity and public contracts entered into between local governmental entities and contractors; requiring that a local government that performs projects using its own services, employees, and equipment provide a report to the local governing board with certain information, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-154.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 279 Filed (filed) — source
- H 279 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 279 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 279 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 279 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 114–1 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 36–1 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Business & Professions Subcommittee) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — 11–3 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Smith — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-10-02 Filed
filing - 2019-10-14 Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Business and Professions Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Introduced
introduction - 2020-01-27 On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 01/29/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- 2020-01-29 CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 3
- 2020-01-29 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-01-29 CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee read 1st time
- 2020-01-30 Now in Business and Professions Subcommittee
- 2020-01-31 On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
- 2020-02-04 Favorable by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 2
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-04 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2020-02-25 On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- 2020-02-27 CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
- 2020-02-28 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-03-02 CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- 2020-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- 2020-03-06 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-06 Amendment(s) adopted (217229) -HJ 893, 896
- 2020-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-09 CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 1
passage - 2020-03-09 In Messages
- 2020-03-09 Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
referral-committee - 2020-03-09 Received
- 2020-03-11 Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
withdrawal - 2020-03-11 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2020-03-11 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 504
- 2020-03-11 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-11 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-12 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-12 CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1
passage - 2020-03-12 Ordered enrolled
- 2020-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2020-06-30 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-07-01 Chapter No. 2020-154
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4340c9f-f897-47b2-8e2a-ac29ad5b80a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).