CS/SB 526: Construction Regulations
GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Grall
Construction Regulations; Prohibiting a governmental entity that contracts for a public works project from taking certain actions; requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule uniform commercial building permit acceptance standards for a specified purpose by a specified date; requiring a local jurisdiction to include a certain reduction in the permit fee on its schedule of fees posted on its website; requiring nonresidential structures built in a flood zone after a specified date to have the lowest floor elevated above the required design flood elevation; revising the products requiring statewide approval to include mitigation products, etc.
Last Action: 2/4/2026 Senate - CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/17/2025 Senate • Filed
12/1/2025 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
1/8/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/13/2026 Senate • Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• Introduced
1/14/2026 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
1/28/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2/2/2026 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2/3/2026 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/4/2026 Senate • Now in Rules
• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
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CS/SB 526, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/3/2026 at 12:20 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 405 (c2) Commercial Construction Projects Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 2/5/2026 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026) 
Citations - Statutes (10)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 255.0994 Page 3 (pdf) 497.271 Standards for construction and significant alteration or renovation of mausoleums and columbaria. Page 14 (pdf) 553.71 Definitions. Page 5 (pdf) 553.789 Page 5 (pdf) 553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections. Page 6 (pdf) 553.791 Alternative plans review and inspection. Page 9 (pdf) 553.8411 Page 11 (pdf) 553.842 Product evaluation and approval. Page 11 (pdf) 553.8992 Page 14 (pdf) 553.902 Definitions. Page 15 (pdf) -
SB 526, Original Filed Version Posted 11/17/2025 at 3:39 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 405 (c2) Commercial Construction Projects Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 2/5/2026 H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
Committee Amendments (2)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 865572 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Governmental Oversight and Accountability
(Grall)1/30/2026
3:31 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
2/2/2026Web Page
PDF
357682 - Amendment to Amendment (865572)
In title, delete line 373 and insert:Governmental Oversight and Accountability
(Grall)2/2/2026
12:20 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
2/2/2026Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 1/13/2026 1:30 PM Community Affairs 8 Yeas - 0 Nays 2/2/2026 3:30 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 9 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 287.05702 Page 2 (pdf) 553.789 Page 3 (pdf) 553.791 Alternative plans review and inspection. Page 5 (pdf) 553.842 Product evaluation and approval. Page 6 (pdf)