Florida Senate Bill 526

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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 Rules
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Prohibiting a governmental entity that contracts for a public works project from taking certain actions; requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule uniform commercial building permit acceptance standards for a specified purpose by a specified date; requiring a local jurisdiction to include a certain reduction in the permit fee on its schedule of fees posted on its website; requiring nonresidential structures built in a flood zone after a specified date to have the lowest floor elevated above the required design flood elevation; revising the products requiring statewide approval to include mitigation products, etc.

Construction Regulations

Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee

Sen. Erin Grall [R]

2026-02-02 - Senate - Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-13 - Senate - Senate Community Affairs (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Rules
2026-02-04	Senate	CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
2026-02-04	Senate	Now in Rules
2026-02-03	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-02	Senate	CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2026-01-28	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-14	Senate	Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-13	Senate	Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-08	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2025-12-01	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
2025-11-17	Senate	Filed

H405 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules
H803 (Similar To) 2026-05-07 - Chapter No. 2026-63

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
255	0994		Amended Code	See Bill Text
497	271		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	71		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	789		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	79		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	791		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	8411		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	842		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	8992		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	902		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/Amendment/865572/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/Amendment/357682/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/Analyses/2026s00526.pre.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/Analyses/2026s00526.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/Analyses/2026s00526.pre.go.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/Analyses/2026s00526.go.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/Vote/2026-01-13%200130PM~S00526%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/526/Vote/2026-02-02%200330PM~S00526%20Vote%20Record.PDF