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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire Prevention"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 551"
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citation: "Florida HB 551 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2025-115"
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primary_sponsors: ["Borrero"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-11"
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last_action: "2025-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00764254-94d6-4ee1-8d5c-cc84fe22dfd1"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "4ccbe533d1094fe19cb0c38b893cef8ef55a5fcb245f4fc160214eb5c2aebc50"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 551 (2025) — Fire Prevention
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-115.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 551 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 551 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 551 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 551 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/551/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Borrero — primary (person)
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- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-10** Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-03-12** Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-14** Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
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- **2025-03-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-03-14** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-14** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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- **2025-04-07** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
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- **2025-04-09** Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-09** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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- **2025-04-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2025-04-09** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-10** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2025-04-11** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
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- **2025-04-15** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-16** Reported out of Commerce Committee
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- **2025-04-16** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2025-04-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
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- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 2 `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** In Messages
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- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-24** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-24** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1078
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- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** In Messages
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- **2025-04-24** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-03** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-04** Chapter No. 2025-115
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00764254-94d6-4ee1-8d5c-cc84fe22dfd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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