FloridaQualified Contractors
What it does
Qualified Contractors; 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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 5Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 927 (Ch. 2026-64)Latest
- Mar 5Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 927
- Mar 5Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 4Retained on Special Order Calendar
- Mar 2Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
- Feb 26CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Feb 26Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 26Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 24CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 18CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- Feb 12Now in Rules
- Feb 12Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 10CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 20Now in Judiciary
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 20Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 2Minor
- Jan 15On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Jan 12Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; RulesMinor
- Jan 5FiledIntroduced