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Bill	Continuing Contracts	Continuing Contracts; Revises maximum estimated construction cost of construction projects for which governmental entity may enter into continuing contract; requires DMS to annually adjust maximum amount allowed under specified contracts using specified index & publish adjusted amount on DMS's website.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 149	Florida HB 149 (2024)	bill	public business public lands and property	enacted	2024-204	Alvarez	5	51	2	2023-10-11	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/266e8ef6-a4ea-40a6-91e1-f897defef9c8	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/149/ByCategory	e7941602e9f8551bb3f9451d37c84156c44de387f825baaacf76d4c389111371	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 149 (2024) — Continuing Contracts

Continuing Contracts; Revises maximum estimated construction cost of construction projects for which governmental entity may enter into continuing contract; requires DMS to annually adjust maximum amount allowed under specified contracts using specified index & publish adjusted amount on DMS's website.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-204.

Version chain

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

1. H 149 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 149 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 149 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 149 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. H 149 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 31–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alvarez — primary (person)
• Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
• Bankson — cosponsor (person)
• Garcia — cosponsor (person)
• López, J. — cosponsor (person)
• McClain — cosponsor (person)
• Salzman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-10-11 Filed filing
• 2023-10-17 Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-10-17 Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-10-17 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2023-10-17 Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 PCS added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-11 Favorable with CS by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-11 Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
• 2024-01-11 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-11 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-11 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2024-01-23 Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-25 Favorable with CS by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
• 2024-01-26 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-26 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-26 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) reading-1
• 2024-01-29 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2024-02-12 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2024-02-14 Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-14 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2024-02-15 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-02-15 CS Filed filing
• 2024-02-15 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3) reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-22 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/27/2024)
• 2024-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-28 In Messages
• 2024-02-28 Referred to Fiscal Policy referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-01 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy withdrawal
• 2024-03-01 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-01 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 656
• 2024-03-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 CS passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-01 In Messages
• 2024-03-01 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-05-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-28 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-29 Chapter No. 2024-204

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/266e8ef6-a4ea-40a6-91e1-f897defef9c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).