Florida House Bill 1227

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits counties, municipalities, & special districts, respectively, from substantially burdening free exercise of religion by adopting or enforcing certain ordinances, regulations, resolutions, rules, or other policies; prohibits local enforcement agency from denying issuance of certificate of occupancy to owner of residential or commercial property based on noncompliance with Florida-friendly landscaping ordinances; prohibits local enforcement agency from denying issuance of building permit for alteration, modification, or repair of single-family residential structure; prohibits local enforcement agency from requiring building permit for construction of playground equipment or fence on certain property; prohibits local governments from adopting or enforcing certain ordinances, regulations, resolutions, rules, charter provisions, or other policies or from taking any action to license or otherwise regulate mutual benefit corporations; revises criteria for business to be considered home-based business as it relates to local government regulation of parking.

Preemption to the State

Rep. Vanessa Oliver [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to State Affairs Committee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-08	House	Filed

H803 (Similar To) 2026-05-07 - Chapter No. 2026-63
H1049 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in State Affairs Committee
S968 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Regulated Industries
S1234 (Similar To) 2026-03-05 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 803
S1444 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
125	595		Amended Code	See Bill Text
166	0499		Amended Code	See Bill Text
189	09		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	79		Amended Code	See Bill Text
559	954		Amended Code	See Bill Text
559	955		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1227
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1227/BillText/Filed/PDF