Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H803: Building Permits and Inspections
Status: Chaptered, May 7, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to building permits and inspections; amending s. 125.56, F.S.; providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; providing construction; amending s. 287.056, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; creating s. 468.634, F.S.; authorizing individuals to work in specified positions, for a specified timeframe, if they meet certain requirements; amending s. 489.129, F.S.…
From the enrolled text, March 13, 2026:
An act relating to building permits and inspections; amending s. 125.56, F.S.; providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; providing construction; amending s. 287.056, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; creating s. 468.634, F.S.; authorizing individuals to work in specified positions, for a specified timeframe, if they meet certain requirements; amending s. 489.129, F.S.; providing that certain persons are not subject to discipline for performing a job without applicable permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by law; amending s. 553.382, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation from denying a building permit for certain residential manufactured buildings; requiring that certain housing units be taxed in a certain manner; creating s. 553.385, F.S.; defining the terms "local government" and "offsite-constructed residential dwelling"; requiring that an offsite-constructed residential dwelling be permitted as of right in any zoning district where certain dwellings are allowed; prohibiting a local government from adopting or words underlined are additions. hb803 -04-er FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 803, Engrossed 2 2026 Legislature 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; providing construction; authorizing a local government to adopt compatibility standards for specified architectural …
Sponsors
- Trabulsy, Dana (R, HD-084) · primary sponsor
- Overdorf, Toby (R, HD-085) · primary sponsor
- Chaney, Linda (R, HD-061)
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043)
- Plasencia, Susan (R, HD-037)
- Plasencia (R, 37)
- Valdés, Susan (R, HD-064)
Latest actions
- : Chapter No. 2026-63; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 399 (Ch. 2026-7)
- : Approved by Governor
- : Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- : Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- : CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
- : Amendment 140962 Concur
- : Added to Senate Message List
- : In Messages
- : CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 608
- : Read 3rd time -SJ 608
Votes
- House: H 803 e1 (March 12, 2026): 109 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: H 803 e1 (March 5, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: H 803 c2 (February 25, 2026): 114 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Commerce Committee (February 18, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Commerce Committee (February 18, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (February 5, 2026): 14 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H803?
- H803 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Building Permits and Inspections.
- What does H803 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to building permits and inspections; amending s. 125.56, F.S.; providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county; providing construction; amending s. 287.056, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services; creating s. 468.634, F.S.; authorizing individuals to work in specified positions, for a specified timeframe, if they meet certain requirements; amending s. 489.129, F.S.…
- What is the status of H803?
- Chaptered as of May 7, 2026. Latest action: Chapter No. 2026-63; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 399 (Ch. 2026-7) (May 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored H803?
- Trabulsy, Dana (R, HD-084), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H803?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/803
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