This bill establishes new regulations for public construction contracts and commercial building permits in Florida. It creates a new section, 287.05702, which defines the term "awarding body" and declares that any provisions in public construction contracts that attempt to waive a contractor's rights to recover costs or obtain time extensions for delays caused by the awarding body are void and unenforceable. Additionally, it specifies that provisions denying time extensions for concurrent delays are also void if the awarding body contributed to the delay. The bill further mandates that if any such void provisions exist in a contract, they must be severed, allowing the remaining contract provisions to remain effective.

Moreover, the bill introduces section 553.789, requiring the Florida Building Commission to develop a uniform commercial building permit application that must be accepted statewide without modification. Local enforcement agencies can request supplemental forms for specific commercial projects but cannot alter the core application. The bill also stipulates that local enforcement agencies must reduce permit fees by certain percentages when private providers are used for plans review or inspection services, and if they fail to do so, they forfeit the ability to collect any fees for the project. The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2026.