Florida House Bill 803

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on May 7 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-07 - Chapter No. 2026-63
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development regulation that treats an offsite-constructed residential dwelling differently or more restrictively than certain dwellings in the same district; requiring local governments to exempt certain owners and contractors from requiring a building permit for the installation of temporary residential hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to make certain decisions relating to certain building permits within a specified timeframe; prohibiting an association or certain committees from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite for a certain review, etc.

Building Permits and Inspections

House Commerce Committee	House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Rep. Dana Trabulsy [R]	Rep. Toby Overdorf [R]
Rep. Linda Chaney [R]	Rep. Johanna Lopez [D]	Rep. Susan Plasencia [R]	Rep. Susan Valdes [R]

2026-03-12 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#841 (Y: 109 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#18 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-25 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#587 (Y: 114 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-18 - House - House Commerce Committee (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-02-18 - House - House Commerce Committee (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-02-05 - House - House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-01-20 - House - House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-07		Chapter No. 2026-63
2026-05-06		Approved by Governor
2026-04-30		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-12	House	Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
2026-03-12	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
2026-03-12	House	Amendment 140962 Concur
2026-03-12	House	Added to Senate Message List
2026-03-05	House	In Messages
2026-03-05	Senate	CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
2026-03-05	Senate	Read 3rd time
2026-03-05	Senate	Amendment(s) adopted (140962)
2026-03-05	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-03-05	Senate	Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1234
2026-03-05	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-03-05	Senate	Withdrawn from Rules
2026-02-26	Senate	Received
2026-02-26	Senate	Referred to Rules
2026-02-25	Senate	In Messages
2026-02-25	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
2026-02-25	House	Read 3rd time
2026-02-25	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-02-25	House	Amendment 725319 adopted
2026-02-25	House	Read 2nd time
2026-02-19	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2026-02-19	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
2026-02-19	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-02-19	House	CS Filed
2026-02-19	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-02-19	House	Reported out of Commerce Committee
2026-02-18	House	Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
2026-02-16	House	Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2026-02-05	House	Now in Commerce Committee
2026-02-05	House	Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-02-05	House	Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-02-03	House	Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-22	House	Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-01-22	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2026-01-22	House	Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-01-21	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2026-01-21	House	CS Filed
2026-01-21	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-01-21	House	Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-20	House	Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-05	House	Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2025-12-17	House	Filed

S750 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Community Affairs
S1234 (Similar To) 2026-03-05 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 803
S968 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Regulated Industries
H1049 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in State Affairs Committee
H1227 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
S1444 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Judiciary
H1143 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Commerce Committee
S948 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Judiciary
H399 (Similar To) 2026-03-30 - Chapter No. 2026-7
H405 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
S208 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 399
H1109 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in State Affairs Committee
S526 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
S1260 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died on Calendar

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
125	56		Amended Code	See Bill Text
287	056		Amended Code	See Bill Text
468	634		Amended Code	See Bill Text
489	129		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	382		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	385		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	77		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	79		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	791		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	792		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	3035		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/e2/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Amendment/982191/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Amendment/725319/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Amendment/862779/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Analyses/h0803.IPA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Analyses/h0803a.IPA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Analyses/h0803b.IAS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Analyses/h0803c.IAS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Analyses/h0803d.COM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Analyses/h0803e.COM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Analyses/h0803z.IPA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Analyses/h0803z1.IPA.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=75258&IsPCB=0&BillId=83444
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76028&IsPCB=0&BillId=83444
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76756&IsPCB=0&BillId=83444
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76805&IsPCB=0&BillId=83444
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Vote/HouseVote_h00803c2587.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Vote/SenateVote_h00803e1018.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803/Vote/HouseVote_h00803e1841.PDF