SESSION WATCH
Died HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 65

Home Inspectors
Send via email
SPONSOR
Gentry
FILED BY
Richard Gentry — District 27, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

Filed under Occupational.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Home Inspectors; Requires that home inspector examination meet specified requirements certified by DBPR; requires home inspectors to maintain errors & omissions insurance policy.

Full bill text →

Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Requires home inspectors to carry separate errors-and-omissions insurance too.

Every licensed home inspector must now carry an errors and omissions insurance policy in addition to the general liability policy already required, with each policy covering at least $300,000 separately rather than a combined minimum.

Separately, the state agency that licenses home inspectors can now approve state-specific licensing exams, not just national ones, as long as those exams meet the same accepted testing standards already certified for national exams.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Errors and omissions insurance now required majors. 468.8322

AIHome inspectors must now carry an errors and omissions insurance policy in addition to the commercial general liability policy the law already required.

“A home inspector shall maintain a commercial general liability insurance policy and an errors and omissions insurance policy” bill text, line 24 →
§ 2 $300,000 minimum applies per policy, not combined moderates. 468.8322

AIEach required insurance policy - both the general liability policy and the new errors and omissions policy - must independently carry at least $300,000 in coverage, rather than splitting one combined $300,000 minimum between them.

“in an amount of at least $300,000 per policy”
§ 3 State exams can now qualify alongside national ones moderates. 468.8313

AIThe department may approve state licensing examinations alongside national ones, replacing the old standard of exams from any nationally recognized competence-certifying entity with a specific, referenced testing-standards benchmark.

“national examinations and state examinations that otherwise meet the generally accepted testing standards criteria of national examinations” bill text, line 15 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
10/7/2025
Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
10/7/2025
Referred to Commerce Committee
10/7/2025
Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
9/30/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 468.8313
+24 / −18
s. 468.8322
+11 / −3