Fire Prevention

Added explicit requirement that permit fee refunds be based on the original permit fee amount when local governments miss deadlines.

New requirement for local governments to submit adopted local fire code amendments to registered fire protection contractors within 7 business days.

Updated bill title and committee attribution to reflect additional committees (Community Affairs) and changed the bill identifier from c1 to c2.

Clarified that local amendments to the Florida Fire Prevention Code are unenforceable if the local government fails to adhere to statutory requirements when adopting the ordinance.

Minor text refinements and formatting updates throughout the document, including reorganization of section headers and cleanup of line breaks.

Permit issuance deadline changed from 2 business days to 2 business days (unchanged), but inspection deadline changed from 24 hours to 3 business days.

Added deadline requiring local enforcement agencies to establish simplified permitting processes by October 1, 2025.

Penalty for missing permit deadlines increased from unspecified percentage to 10% refund per business day of delay.

Added requirement that municipalities can only enforce fire code amendments that were sent to the Florida Building Commission and State Fire Marshal before the permit bid was submitted.

Inspection report requirements changed to require recording the total number of deficiencies found, with specific categories (critical, noncritical, impairment).

Documentation submission deadline extended to 4 business days after inspection or 4 days after documentation is requested, whichever is later.