republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/hb-481.md

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Bill	Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties	Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties; Provides specified effective date for provisions relating to HVAC manufacturer's warranty transfers; prohibits HVAC manufacturer's warranties from being conditioned upon product registration; provides effective date for certain HVAC systems & components warranties under specified circumstance; provides required information for warranty & product registration cards & forms; prohibits HVAC systems & components warranties from being conditioned upon product registration.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 481	Florida HB 481 (2024)	bill	and solicitations regulation of professions and occupations	enacted	2024-206	Maggard	3	45	2	2023-11-15	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/bfa69b11-753a-40f1-86b7-006ef9ccccf3	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/481/ByCategory	f35a53df8bcb8b7efeb95b0bdee55e0c03ee16cc5f9c402ff58a5b4a2e105dc2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 481 (2024) — Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties

Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties; Provides specified effective date for provisions relating to HVAC manufacturer's warranty transfers; prohibits HVAC manufacturer's warranties from being conditioned upon product registration; provides effective date for certain HVAC systems & components warranties under specified circumstance; provides required information for warranty & product registration cards & forms; prohibits HVAC systems & components warranties from being conditioned upon product registration.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-206.

Version chain

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

1. H 481 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 481 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 481 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Civil Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Maggard — primary (person)
• McClain — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-15 Filed filing
• 2023-11-22 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-22 Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-11-22 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2023-11-22 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-11 Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-12 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
• 2024-01-12 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-12 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-12 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Original reference removed: Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Now in Commerce Committee
• 2024-01-19 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
• 2024-01-23 Favorable by Commerce Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-24 Reported out of Commerce Committee
• 2024-01-24 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2024-01-26 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2024-01-30 Favorable by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-30 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2024-01-30 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-01-30 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024)
• 2024-02-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-02-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-22 CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-22 In Messages
• 2024-02-23 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Received enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Withdrawn from Rules withdrawal
• 2024-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-03-04 Substituted for CS/SB 612
• 2024-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-04 In Messages
• 2024-03-04 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. 2024-206

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfa69b11-753a-40f1-86b7-006ef9ccccf3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).