After the Champlain Towers South collapse killed 98 Surfside residents in 2021, the Legislature moved quickly to beef up structural inspections.

Those reforms continued last month, when the Senate voted 40-0 to approve HB 1021, which now awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature.

Rep. Vicki Lopez, R-Coral Gables, was the prime sponsor. Veteran Republican Jennifer Bradley, a Flemming Island attorney who worked on the reforms for the past two years, sponsored the Senate companion — SB 1178.