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| Bill | Building Permits and Inspections | Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development regulation that treats an offsite-constructed residential dwelling differently or more restrictively than certain dwellings in the same district; requiring local governments to exempt certain owners and contractors from requiring a building permit for the installation of temporary residential hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to make certain decisions relating to certain building permits within a specified timeframe; prohibiting an association or certain committees from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite for a certain review, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 803 | Florida HB 803 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-63 |
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Florida HB 803 (2026) — Building Permits and Inspections
Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development regulation that treats an offsite-constructed residential dwelling differently or more restrictively than certain dwellings in the same district; requiring local governments to exempt certain owners and contractors from requiring a building permit for the installation of temporary residential hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to make certain decisions relating to certain building permits within a specified timeframe; prohibiting an association or certain committees from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite for a certain review, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-63.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 803 Filed (filed) — source
- H 803 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 803 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 803 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 803 e2 (engrossed) — source
- H 803 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — 14–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage — 109–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee) — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Overdorf — primary (person)
- Trabulsy — primary (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-17 Filed
filing - 2026-01-05 Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2026-01-15 Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-01-20 Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-21 Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- 2026-01-21 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-01-21 CS Filed
filing - 2026-01-21 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2026-01-22 Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Referred to Commerce Committee
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- 2026-02-03 Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- 2026-02-05 Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-05 Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- 2026-02-05 Now in Commerce Committee
- 2026-02-16 Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- 2026-02-18 Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-19 Reported out of Commerce Committee
- 2026-02-19 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2026-02-19 CS Filed
filing - 2026-02-19 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- 2026-02-19 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
reading-1 - 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-25 Amendment 725319 adopted
- 2026-02-25 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-02-25 In Messages
- 2026-02-26 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Received
enrolled - 2026-03-05 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2026-03-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-03-05 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1234
- 2026-03-05 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-03-05 Amendment(s) adopted (140962)
- 2026-03-05 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-03-05 CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-05 In Messages
- 2026-03-12 Added to Senate Message List
- 2026-03-12 Amendment 140962 Concur
- 2026-03-12 CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-12 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
enrolled - 2026-04-30 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-06 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-07 Chapter No. 2026-63
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6304aa94-075d-4e10-bed7-e386604be5f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).