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type: "Bill"
title: "Construction Permits"
description: "Construction Permits; Requires county that issues building permits & local enforcement agency to post certain information on their websites; authorizes all components to completed application be submitted electronically or in person; requires local enforcement agency, local government, or local building department to reduce permit fee by specified percentage for failing to meet certain deadlines; requires applicant to take certain action within specified time; requires surcharges to be recalculated under certain conditions; prohibits authority that issues building permit from requiring applicant to provide specified contracts as part of application for certain construction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "Florida HB 1059 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["and solicitations", "municipalities", "relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-224"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5340203a-caa7-4107-a657-810e12ad1171"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1059/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2b9976b42d7de406e0607ba6f3480b557fe5241b87bb91b503ce6c06a773f061"
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 HB 1059 (2021) — Construction Permits
Construction Permits; Requires county that issues building permits & local enforcement agency to post certain information on their websites; authorizes all components to completed application be submitted electronically or in person; requires local enforcement agency, local government, or local building department to reduce permit fee by specified percentage for failing to meet certain deadlines; requires applicant to take certain action within specified time; requires surcharges to be recalculated under certain conditions; prohibits authority that issues building permit from requiring applicant to provide specified contracts as part of application for certain construction.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-224.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 1059 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1059/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1059 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1059/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1059 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1059/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1059 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1059/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-02-26** PCS added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-04** Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee
- **2021-03-05** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-05** CS Filed
- **2021-03-05** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-22** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-24** CS Filed
- **2021-03-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- **2021-03-25** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1788
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-224
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5340203a-caa7-4107-a657-810e12ad1171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).