Changes since December 12, 2017 legislative update written in red.

Bill #	Sponsor	Summary	Committees of Reference	Recent Activity
HB 299	McClain	Reduces the size of the Commission from 27 members to 11 members.	Careers & Comp Subco. Commerce Committee	Careers and Comp Subco., voted 10-4 in favor. Now, in Commerce Committee.
SB 106	Campbell	Fire Safety Standards; Authorizing certain buildings to have specified balcony guard openings, etc.	Community Affairs Banking and Insurance Rules	Referred to committees and subcommittees.
HB 23	FItzhegan	Creates standards for recovery care centers. The commission, with technical assistance from AHCA, is to update current special occupancy standards to include recovery care centers.	Health and Human Services Committee	The bill has been placed on the House calendar.
SB 284 HB 327 HB 437 SB 387 HB 479 HB 655 SB 896	Book Richardson Lee Garcia Williams Edwards Farmer	Requiring nursing facilities to have emergency power supply available to keep essential functions operational.		Referred to committees and subcommittees.
HB 589	Newton	Public Meetings; Specifies that certain boards and commissions are subject to public meetings requirements; revises public meeting notice requirements; provides that member of public has right to speak at public meeting; requires members of board or commission to respond to questions made at public meetings within a specified timeframe; repeals provision relating to reasonable opportunity to be heard at public meetings; provides penalties.	Oversight, Transparency, and Admin Subco. Local, Federal, and Veterans Affairs Subco. Government Accountability Committee	Referred to committees and subcommittees.
HB 725	Williamson	Permit Fees; Requires governing body of local government to post its permit and inspection fee schedules & link to annual building permit & inspection utilization report on its website; provides reporting requirements.	Local, Federal, and Veterans Affairs Subco. Careers and Comp. Subco. Government Accountability Committee	Referred to subcommittees and committees.
HB 1077 SB 1322	Diamond Powell	Defines open permits. Creates disclosures, procedures, and standards for closing “open permits.” Requires the Building Commission to adopt procedures to encourage property owners and builders to timely close out permits.	Careers and Comp. Subco. Local, Federal, and Veterans Affairs Subco. Commerce Committee	Referred to subcommittees and committees. No senate referrals.
SB 1312	Thurston	Requires the Florida Building Code to contain a provision mandating all state-subsidized developments have an operational emergency power source that provides an independent source of electric power for at least one week during a power outage.		No referrals.