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| Bill | Fire Prevention | Fire Prevention ; Requires local enforcement agency to issue permit for fire alarm system project or fire sprinkler system project within specified time period; authorizes work to commence immediately; requires local enforcement agency to provide inspection within specified timeframe; requires that certain plans & specifications be available for onsite plans review during inspection; requires contractor to provide additional documents, if necessary, within specified timeframe; prohibits local enforcement agency from requiring additional plans reviews or documentation outside scope of permitted work; requires that permit fees be refunded by certain percentage if local government fails to meet certain deadlines; provides exceptions; requires local enforcement agencies to establish simplified permitting process by specified date; provides that county or municipality may only enforce ordinance that has been sent to Florida Building Commission & State Fire Marshal as of certain date; requires uniform summary inspection report to include specified information; removes requirement for brief summary of deficiencies; requires contractor's detailed inspection report to be provided along with uniform summary inspection report; removes exception from submitting certain information within detailed inspection report. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2025 | HB 551 | Florida HB 551 (2025) |
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enacted | 2025-115 |
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Florida HB 551 (2025) — Fire Prevention
Fire Prevention ; Requires local enforcement agency to issue permit for fire alarm system project or fire sprinkler system project within specified time period; authorizes work to commence immediately; requires local enforcement agency to provide inspection within specified timeframe; requires that certain plans & specifications be available for onsite plans review during inspection; requires contractor to provide additional documents, if necessary, within specified timeframe; prohibits local enforcement agency from requiring additional plans reviews or documentation outside scope of permitted work; requires that permit fees be refunded by certain percentage if local government fails to meet certain deadlines; provides exceptions; requires local enforcement agencies to establish simplified permitting process by specified date; provides that county or municipality may only enforce ordinance that has been sent to Florida Building Commission & State Fire Marshal as of certain date; requires uniform summary inspection report to include specified information; removes requirement for brief summary of deficiencies; requires contractor's detailed inspection report to be provided along with uniform summary inspection report; removes exception from submitting certain information within detailed inspection report.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-115.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 551 Filed (filed) — source
- H 551 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 551 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 551 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — 112–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Borrero — primary (person)
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-11 Filed
filing - 2025-02-19 Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-02-19 Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-02-19 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2025-02-19 Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- 2025-03-04 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2025-03-10 Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- 2025-03-12 Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-14 Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- 2025-03-14 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2025-03-14 CS Filed
filing - 2025-03-14 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2025-03-17 Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-03-17 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2025-03-17 Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- 2025-04-07 Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- 2025-04-09 Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-09 Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- 2025-04-09 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2025-04-09 CS Filed
filing - 2025-04-09 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2025-04-10 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2025-04-10 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2025-04-11 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 2025-04-15 Favorable by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-16 Reported out of Commerce Committee
- 2025-04-16 Bill released to House Calendar
- 2025-04-16 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-17 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
- 2025-04-23 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-23 Placed on 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-04-23 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2025-04-23 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-23 CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 2
passage - 2025-04-23 In Messages
- 2025-04-23 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2025-04-23 Received
enrolled - 2025-04-24 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2025-04-24 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2025-04-24 Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1078
- 2025-04-24 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-24 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-24 CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2025-04-24 In Messages
- 2025-04-24 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2025-06-02 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-06-03 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-06-04 Chapter No. 2025-115
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00764254-94d6-4ee1-8d5c-cc84fe22dfd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).