FL SB 526

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Construction Regulations

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did FL SB 526 pass?

No. FL SB 526 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 803 (Ch. 2026-63)

What is FL SB 526 about?

Construction Regulations; Prohibiting a governmental entity that contracts for a public works project from taking certain actions; requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule uniform commercial building permit acceptance standards for a specified purpose by a specified date; requiring a local jurisdiction to include a certain reduction in the permit fee on its schedule of fees posted on its website; requiring nonresidential structures built in a flood zone after a specified date to have the lowest floor elevated above the required design flood elevation; revising the products requiring statewide approval to include mitigation products, etc.

Who sponsors FL SB 526?

Grall, Governmental Oversight and Accountability are the primary sponsors of FL SB 526.

Description

Introduced: 2026-01-13
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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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-13
Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 803 (Ch. 2026-63)
failure
2026-02-04
CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
2026-02-04
Now in Rules
2026-02-03
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-02
CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2026-01-28
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-14
Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
2026-01-13
Introduced
introduction
2026-01-13
Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-08
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2025-12-01
Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-17
Filed
filing

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Favorable
2026-01-13 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Jones: yes
- Leek: yes
- Passidomo: yes
- Pizzo: yes
- Sharief: yes
- Trumbull: yes
- Massullo: yes
- McClain: yes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
2026-02-02 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Arrington: yes
- Bracy Davis: yes
- Brodeur: yes
- Grall: yes
- McClain: yes
- Polsky: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- DiCeglie: yes
- Mayfield: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/ByCategory

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