Bill Commons

FL HB 405

dead

Commercial Construction

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Commercial Construction ; Prohibiting a governmental entity from enforcing certain contract provisions for a public works project; requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule a uniform commercial building permit application for a specified purpose by a specified date; requiring the commission to adopt by rule additional trade-specific permit application forms for certain trades; requiring a local enforcement agency to use and accept the applications and forms adopted by the commission; requiring local enforcement agencies to adopt substantially similar forms for a certain purpose; requiring permit fees that are imposed by a local enforcement agency to be limited to the actual and reasonable costs incurred in reviewing, processing, and administering the permit; requiring a local jurisdiction to include a certain reduction in permit fees on its schedule of fees posted on its website; prohibiting the local jurisdiction from charging fees for plans review services under certain circumstances; requiring the local enforcement agency to reduce the permit fee by specified percentages for an owner or a contractor who retains a private provider for specified purposes.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 803 (Ch. 2026-63)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Griffittsprimary
  • Industries & Professional Activities Subcommitteeprimary
  • Commerce Committeeprimary
  • Salzmancosponsor
  • Mooneycosponsor
  • Barnabycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-11-18

    Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-18

    Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-11-18

    Referred to Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-11-18

    Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  6. 2025-11-24

    Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda

  7. 2025-12-02

    Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-12-03

    Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  9. 2025-12-03

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  10. 2025-12-03

    CS Filed

    filing

  11. 2025-12-04

    Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-12-04

    Referred to Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-12-04

    Now in State Administration Budget Subcommittee

  14. 2026-01-12

    Added to State Administration Budget Subcommittee agenda

  15. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  16. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

    reading-1

  17. 2026-01-14

    Favorable by State Administration Budget Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2026-01-14

    Reported out of State Administration Budget Subcommittee

  19. 2026-01-14

    Now in Commerce Committee

  20. 2026-01-23

    Added to Commerce Committee agenda

  21. 2026-01-27

    Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-01-29

    Reported out of Commerce Committee

  23. 2026-01-29

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  24. 2026-01-29

    CS Filed

    filing

  25. 2026-01-29

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

    reading-1

  26. 2026-01-30

    Bill referred to House Calendar

  27. 2026-01-30

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  28. 2026-02-05

    Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)

  29. 2026-02-11

    Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading

  30. 2026-02-11

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  31. 2026-02-19

    Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)

  32. 2026-02-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  33. 2026-02-25

    Amendment 880861 adopted

  34. 2026-02-25

    Added to Third Reading Calendar

  35. 2026-02-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  36. 2026-02-25

    CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 2

    passage

  37. 2026-02-25

    In Messages

  38. 2026-02-26

    Referred to Rules

    referral-committee

  39. 2026-02-26

    Received

    enrolled

  40. 2026-03-13

    Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 803 (Ch. 2026-63)

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading

    2026-02-25 · pass · 113-2

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Abbott: yes
    • Eskamani: yes
    • Oliver: yes
    • Albert: yes
    • Esposito: yes
    • Overdorf: no
    • Alvarez, D.: yes
    • Fabricio: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Alvarez, J.: yes
    • Franklin: yes
    • Partington: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Gantt: yes
    • Perez: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Garrison: yes
    • Persons-Mulicka: yes
    • Antone: yes
    • Gentry: yes
    • Plakon: yes
    • Aristide: yes
    • Gerwig: yes
    • Plasencia: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Giallombardo: yes
    • Porras: yes
    • Bankson: yes
    • Gonzalez Pittman: yes
    • Rayner: yes
    • Barnaby: yes
    • Gossett-Seidman: yes
    • Redondo: yes
    • Bartleman: yes
    • Gottlieb: yes
    • Rizo: yes
    • Basabe: yes
    • Greco: yes
    • Robinson, F.: yes
    • Benarroch: yes
    • Griffitts: yes
    • Robinson, W.: yes
    • Berfield: yes
    • Grow: yes
    • Black: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Salzman: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Hart-Lowman: yes
    • Sapp: yes
    • Booth: yes
    • Hinson: yes
    • Shoaf: yes
    • Borrero: yes
    • Hodgers: yes
    • Sirois: yes
    • Botana: yes
    • Holcomb: yes
    • Skidmore: yes
    • Boyles: yes
    • Hunschofsky: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Brackett: yes
    • Jacques: yes
    • Snyder: yes
    • Brannan: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Spencer: yes
    • Buchanan: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Busatta: yes
    • Kendall: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Kincart Jonsson: yes
    • Tant: yes
    • Canady: yes
    • Koster: yes
    • Tendrich: yes
    • Cassel: yes
    • LaMarca: yes
    • Tomkow: yes
    • Chamberlin: yes
    • Long: yes
    • Trabulsy: no
    • Chambliss: yes
    • López, J.: yes
    • Tramont: yes
    • Chaney: yes
    • Maggard: yes
    • Tuck: yes
    • Cobb: yes
    • Maney: yes
    • Valdés: yes
    • Conerly: yes
    • McClure: yes
    • Weinberger: yes
    • Cross: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Daley: yes
    • Melo: yes
    • Yarkosky: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Michael: yes
    • Yeager: yes
    • Driskell: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Duggan: yes
    • Mooney: yes
    • Dunkley: yes
    • Nix: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Nixon: yes
    • Rosenwald: not voting
    • Joseph: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/405/ByCategory

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