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IntroducedNov 12, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 25, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Florida House Bill
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.
Summary
Comments on HB 405
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 113
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Gantt
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Antone
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Plasencia
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Rayner
- Barnaby
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Bartleman
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Robinson, F.
- Benarroch
- Griffitts
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Black
- Harris
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Hart-Lowman
- Sapp
- Booth
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Skidmore
- Boyles
- Hunschofsky
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Spencer
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Campbell
- Kincart Jonsson
- Tant
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Long
- Chambliss
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Maney
- Valdés
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- Cross
- McFarland
- Woodson
- Daley
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Michael
- Yeager
- Driskell
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Edmonds
- Nixon
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- In Messages
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment 880861 adopted
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 2
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Commerce Committee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- Jan 23, 2026 | House
- Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- Favorable by State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- Reported out of State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- Now in Commerce Committee
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Jan 12, 2026 | House
- Added to State Administration Budget Subcommittee agenda
- Dec 04, 2025 | House
- Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- Dec 03, 2025 | House
- Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Dec 02, 2025 | House
- Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Nov 24, 2025 | House
- Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- Nov 18, 2025 | House
- Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Nov 12, 2025 | House
- Filed
Bill Texts
- H 405 FiledPDF
- H 405 c1PDF
- H 405 c2PDF
- H 405 e1PDF
- Committee Amendment 591883 (Adopted without Objection 12/3/2025) -- GriffittsPDF
- Committee Amendment 262525 (Adopted without Objection 12/3/2025) -- GriffittsPDF
- Committee Strike All Amendment 782825 (Adopted without Objection 1/27/2026) -- GriffittsPDF
- Floor Amendment 880861 (House: Adopted 2/25/2026) -- GriffittsPDF
- Floor Amendment 633289 (House: Withdrawn 2/10/2026) -- McFarlandPDF
- Floor Strike All Amendment 834215 (House: Withdrawn 2/20/2026) -- GriffittsPDF
- Floor Substitute Amendment 643271 (House: Withdrawn 2/20/2026) -- GriffittsPDF

