Florida · House Bill 755 · 2025 Regular Session

Construction Contracting

HB 755 Sponsored by Dan Daley Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 19, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 26, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Construction Contracting; Requires applicant for licensure to submit specified notarized statement to DBPR; subjecting licensed contractor to disciplinary action; requires contractor to return contractee's deposit; authorizes contractor to retain portion of deposit; subjecting contractor to disciplinary action, including suspension of his or her license,; provides criminal penalties for certain violations; requires…

Read the full title (110 words)

Construction Contracting; Requires applicant for licensure to submit specified notarized statement to DBPR; subjecting licensed contractor to disciplinary action; requires contractor to return contractee's deposit; authorizes contractor to retain portion of deposit; subjecting contractor to disciplinary action, including suspension of his or her license,; provides criminal penalties for certain violations; requires department to create & adopt by date certain standardized disciplinary form for certain purpose; provides requirements for local construction regulation boards; requires department to record each submitted form in specified automated system; requires specified report by date certain; requires financial literacy standards to include specified content for consumer protection awareness relating to construction contracting beginning in specified school year..

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee · House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee · House State Administration Budget Subcommittee
  5. CommitteeReferred to Commerce Committee · House Commerce Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee · House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  7. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  8. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  9. CommitteeDied in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee · House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.