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type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Regulation of Chickees"
description: "Local Government Regulation of Chickees; Prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from enacting ordinance, regulation, or policy that prevents chickee from being constructed by certain persons in specified locations; prohibits counties & municipalities from enacting ordinance, regulation, or policy concerning chickees that is more restrictive than certain federal regulations; provides penalty for certain persons who construct chickees in attempt to assert exemption from Florida Building Code; exempts certain chickees from Florida Fire Prevention Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 929"
citation: "Florida HB 929 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-55"
primary_sponsors: ["Cobb", "Gentry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-29"
last_action: "2026-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79d7830a-c61d-4518-ba0c-803575822b7a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/929/ByCategory"
source_hash: "4faf4b3aa77ba020c18fb2c062c328cb9a9a55312217c4ae6ca0258e94f7a772"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida HB 929 (2026) — Local Government Regulation of Chickees
Local Government Regulation of Chickees; Prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from enacting ordinance, regulation, or policy that prevents chickee from being constructed by certain persons in specified locations; prohibits counties & municipalities from enacting ordinance, regulation, or policy concerning chickees that is more restrictive than certain federal regulations; provides penalty for certain persons who construct chickees in attempt to assert exemption from Florida Building Code; exempts certain chickees from Florida Fire Prevention Code.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-55.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 929 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/929/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 929 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/929/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **230** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **1120** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cobb — primary (person)
- Gentry — primary (person)
- Gossett-Seidman — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-29** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** 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 by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** 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
- **2026-02-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2026-02-10** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
- **2026-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** In Messages
- **2026-03-04** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/12/26
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** In Messages
- **2026-03-12** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-30** Chapter No. 2026-55
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79d7830a-c61d-4518-ba0c-803575822b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).