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Bill	Public Works Projects	Public Works Projects; Revising the definition of the term "public works project"; revising applicability of a provision that prohibits the state or a political subdivision that contracts for a public works project from taking certain actions under specified circumstances, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	HB 705	Florida HB 705 (2024)	bill	public lands and property	enacted	2024-208	Shoaf	4	39	2	2023-12-04	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/8845c490-443d-4323-bee2-ba67c0ff1e49	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/705/ByCategory	6e6110659342f5701baa1c95edfde28df13c64de5c2592eda33dcdbdcb8014ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 705 (2024) — Public Works Projects

Public Works Projects; Revising the definition of the term "public works project"; revising applicability of a provision that prohibits the state or a political subdivision that contracts for a public works project from taking certain actions under specified circumstances, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-208.

Version chain

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

1. H 705 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 705 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 705 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. H 705 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 28–12 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 80–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
• Shoaf — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-04 Filed filing
• 2023-12-19 Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2023-12-19 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2023-12-19 Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
• 2024-01-09 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
• 2024-01-17 Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
• 2024-01-19 Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-19 Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
• 2024-01-19 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
• 2024-01-19 CS Filed filing
• 2024-01-22 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2024-01-22 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2024-01-30 Favorable by State Affairs Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-30 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2024-01-30 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2024-01-30 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 Amendment 269599 adopted
• 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 as amended; YEAS 80, NAYS 32 passage
• 2024-02-28 In Messages
• 2024-02-28 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 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 742
• 2024-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 CS passed; YEAS 28 NAYS 12 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. 2024-208

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8845c490-443d-4323-bee2-ba67c0ff1e49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).