Florida - Session 2026
Title: Building Permits and Inspections
Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development regulation that treats an offsite-constructed residential dwelling differently or more restrictively than certain dwellings in the same district; requiring local governments to exempt certain owners and contractors from requiring a building permit for the installation of temporary residential hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to make certain decisions relating to certain building permits within a specified timeframe; prohibiting an association or certain committees from requiring a building permit as a prerequisite for a certain review, etc.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-12 | Status | enrolled |
| 2026-03-12 | Latest Action | House - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SB 7006 | OGSR/Florida Public Service Commission | enacted |
| SB 7016 | OGSR/Administration of Small Business Loan Programs Held by an Economic Development Agency | enacted |
| SB 288 | Rural Electric Cooperatives | enacted |
| CS/CS/CS/SB 212 | Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators | enacted |
| CS/CS/HB 1471 | Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations | enacted |
| CS/CS/HB 919 | Commercial Service Airports | enacted |
| CS/CS/HB 1153 | Juvenile Justice | enacted |
| SB 100 | Florida Statutes | enacted |