Florida Senate Bill 968

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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 Regulated Industries
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibiting a local government from adopting a technical amendment to the Florida Building Code which requires a permit or any functionally equivalent local review or approval for certain backup power systems; prohibiting a local government that issues building permits from requiring an owner of a single-family dwelling or such owner's contractor to obtain a building permit to perform work on the single-family lot valued at less than a specified sum; prohibiting a local enforcement agency from requiring a permit or any functionally equivalent local review or approval for the installation, relocation, replacement, or repair of an eligible residential backup power system; defining the term "backup power system", etc.

Home Backup Power Systems

Sen. Stan McClain [R]

2026-02-03 - Senate - Senate Community Affairs (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Regulated Industries
2026-02-04	Senate	Now in Regulated Industries
2026-02-03	Senate	Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-29	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-07	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Regulated Industries; Rules
2025-12-18	Senate	Filed

H1049 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in State Affairs Committee
H803 (Similar To) 2026-05-07 - Chapter No. 2026-63
S1234 (Similar To) 2026-03-05 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 803
H1227 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
S1444 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
553	73		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	79		Amended Code	See Bill Text
553	7923		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/968
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/968/BillText/Filed/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/968/Analyses/2026s00968.pre.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/968/Analyses/2026s00968.ca.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/968/Vote/2026-02-03%200330PM~S00968%20Vote%20Record.PDF