Florida SB 1260: Services During a State of Emergency

Bill Text

1260 
Services During a State of Emergency 
2026-02-26T08:00:42Z 
Requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services, etc. 
Committee Substitute 2 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 1260 

 By the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and 
 General Government; the Committee on Regulated Industries; and 
 Senator DiCeglie 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to services during a state of 
 3 emergency; amending s. 287.056, F.S.; requiring the 
 4 Department of Management Services to enter into and 
 5 maintain state term contracts for building code 
 6 inspection services; creating s. 468.634, F.S.; 
 7 authorizing individuals to work in specified 
 8 positions, for a specified timeframe, if they meet 
 9 certain requirements; providing an effective date. 
 10 
 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 12 
 13 Section 1. Present subsection (4) of section 287.056, 
 14 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), and a new 
 15 subsection (4) is added to that section, to read: 
 16 287.056 Purchases from purchasing agreements and state term 
 17 contracts; vendor disqualification.— 
 18 (4) The department must enter into and maintain one or more 
 19 state term contracts with vendors for the purpose of providing 
 20 building code inspection services as defined in s. 553.791. 
 21 Section 2. Section 468.634, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 22 read: 
 23 468.634 Certification by endorsement during a state of 
 24 emergency.—Notwithstanding any other law, a person may act in 
 25 any of the following positions under the direction of the local 
 26 building official for a period of 1 year from the date of a 
 27 declaration of a state of emergency issued by the Governor for a 
 28 natural emergency, a manmade emergency, or a technological 
 29 emergency as those terms are defined in s. 252.34, if such 
 30 person has entered into a state term contract pursuant to s. 
 31 287.056, is qualified for such work in any state that has a 
 32 mutual aid agreement pursuant to s. 252.40(2), or has held a 
 33 valid license for such work in any state for 5 years immediately 
 34 before the date of the declaration: 
 35 (1) Building code inspector. 
 36 (2) Building inspector. 
 37 (3) Coastal construction inspector. 
 38 (4) Commercial electrical inspector. 
 39 (5) Electrical inspector. 
 40 (6) Mechanical inspector. 
 41 (7) Plumbing inspector. 
 42 (8) Residential electrical inspector. 
 43 (9) Residential inspector. 
 44 (10) Plans examiner. 
 45 (11) Building plans examiner. 
 46 (12) Plumbing plans examiner. 
 47 (13) Mechanical plans examiner. 
 48 (14) Electrical plans examiner. 
 49 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.