Florida Senate Bill 1138

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2026 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-03-05 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 927
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Requiring each county and municipality, respectively, of a specified size to create and implement a program for the purpose of making development preapplication consultation services available at an applicant's request; authorizing a county or municipality to use a qualified contractor or qualified contractor firm to fulfill specified preapplication services requirements; requiring a local government to establish a registry of a specified number of qualified contractors or qualified contractor firms to conduct certain preapplication services; requiring the governing body of certain local governments and counties to include certain developments in a program that expedites the process for issuing building permits for planned unit developments or phases of a community or subdivision, etc.

Qualified Contractors

Senate Rules Committee

Senate Judiciary Committee

Sen. Ralph Massullo [R]

2026-02-24 - Senate - Senate Rules (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-10 - Senate - Senate Judiciary (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-20 - Senate - Senate Community Affairs (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-05	Senate	Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 927
2026-03-05	Senate	Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 927
2026-03-05	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-03-04	Senate	Retained on Special Order Calendar
2026-03-02	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
2026-02-26	Senate	CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
2026-02-26	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-26	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-24	Senate	CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
2026-02-19	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-02-18	Senate	CS by Judiciary read 1st time
2026-02-12	Senate	Now in Rules
2026-02-12	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-10	Senate	CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
2026-02-05	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-20	Senate	Now in Judiciary
2026-01-20	Senate	Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
2026-01-15	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-12	Senate	Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
2026-01-05	Senate	Filed

H927 (Same As) 2026-05-07 - Chapter No. 2026-64

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
125	022		Amended Code	See Bill Text
163	3169		Amended Code	See Bill Text
166	033		Amended Code	See Bill Text
177	071		Amended Code	See Bill Text
177	073		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/BillText/c2/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Amendment/292056/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Analyses/2026s01138.pre.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Analyses/2026s01138.ca.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Analyses/2026s01138.pre.ju.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Analyses/2026s01138.ju.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Analyses/2026s01138.pre.rc.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Analyses/2026s01138.rc.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Vote/2026-01-20%200100PM~S01138%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Vote/2026-02-10%201200PM~S01138%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1138/Vote/2026-02-24%201200PM~S01138%20Vote%20Record.PDF