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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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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.

  1. H 551 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 551 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 551 c2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. H 551 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third Reading — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passage, Third Reading — 1122 (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).