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IntroducedDec 17, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 25, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Florida House Bill
Building Permits and Inspections; Provides for expiration of certain building permits issued by county & local government; prohibits DBPR from denying building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; provides that under certain circumstances certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing job without applicable permits & inspections; prohibits local governments from requiring building permit for installation of certain walls or barriers; revises provisions relating to building code inspection services provided by private provider & private provider firms, including permit & administrative fees, responsibilities of private providers, permitting & inspection documents & reports, timeframes for issuing permits & notices, authority of local building official, notices of incomplete forms, authority of private providers acting as local building official, emergency inspection services, creation of uniform forms, audits, immunity, civil causes of action, posting of permits on specified websites, & adoption of specified registration system; requires Florida Building Commission to develop uniform commercial & residential building permit applications; provides permit requirements for backup power systems & distributed energy generation systems; prohibits association or certain committees from requiring building permit as prerequisite for certain review.
Summary
Comments on HB 803
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Commerce Committeeprimary
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommitteeprimary

- Overdorfprimary
- López, J.cosponsor
- Plasenciacosponsor
- Valdéscosponsor
Votes
YES: 114
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- 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
- Rosenwald
- 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
- Trabulsy
- 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
NO: 0
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- In Messages
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment 725319 adopted
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Commerce Committee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Now in Commerce Committee
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Jan 20, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Jan 15, 2026 | House
- Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Jan 05, 2026 | House
- Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- Dec 17, 2025 | House
- Filed
Bill Texts
- H 803 FiledPDF
- H 803 c1PDF
- H 803 c2PDF
- H 803 e1PDF
- Committee Strike All Amendment 982191 (Adopted without Objection 1/20/2026) -- TrabulsyPDF
- Committee Strike All Amendment 044805 (Adopted 2/18/2026) -- TrabulsyPDF
- Floor Amendment 725319 (House: Adopted 2/25/2026) -- TrabulsyPDF
- Floor Amendment to Amendment 862779 (House: Withdrawn 2/24/2026) -- TrabulsyPDF
