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IntroducedDec 04, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 05, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Florida House Bill
Community Associations; Provides requirements for terminating dissolved HOA governing documents; provides requirements relating to easements of dissolved HOA; provides retroactive applicability; requires condominium & homeowners' associations to include specified statement in their governing documents or to hold meeting by date certain to vote to amend governing documents to include such statement; revises provisions relating to official records, electronic ballots, turnover inspection reports, & roofs; provides disclosure requirements for conflicts of interest; removes presuit mediation requirements; requires that specified arbitrators conduct arbitration proceedings; authorizes HOA's to be terminated; provides requirements for termination of HOA; provides duties & responsibilities of HOA board, & termination trustee; provides for distribution of HOA assets & paying lawful debts after termination; authorizes circuit court to create & administer community association court program; provides duties of chief judge; provides jurisdiction of community association court program; authorizes community association court program to take certain actions; requires each judicial circuit to submit to Legislature specified report annually by specified date; provides duties of OSCA; provides for funding & additional judges.
Summary
Comments on HB 657
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Commerce Committeeprimary
- Budget Committeeprimary
- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommitteeprimary
- Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommitteeprimary
- Porrasprimary
- Alvarez, J.cosponsor
- Barnabycosponsor
- Conerlycosponsor
- Danielscosponsor
- Edmondscosponsor
- Gossett-Seidmancosponsor
- Johnsoncosponsor
- Mooneycosponsor
- Salzmancosponsor
- Starkcosponsor
- Valdéscosponsor
Votes
YES: 108
- Abbott
- Eskamani
- Oliver
- Albert
- Esposito
- Overdorf
- Alvarez, D.
- Fabricio
- Owen
- Alvarez, J.
- Franklin
- Partington
- Anderson
- Gantt
- Perez
- Andrade
- Garrison
- Persons-Mulicka
- Antone
- Gentry
- Plakon
- Aristide
- Gerwig
- Plasencia
- Baker
- Giallombardo
- Porras
- Bankson
- Gonzalez Pittman
- Rayner
- Barnaby
- Gossett-Seidman
- Redondo
- Bartleman
- Gottlieb
- Rizo
- Basabe
- Greco
- Benarroch
- Robinson, W.
- Berfield
- Grow
- Rosenwald
- Black
- Harris
- Salzman
- Blanco
- Hart-Lowman
- Sapp
- Booth
- Hinson
- Shoaf
- Borrero
- Hodgers
- Sirois
- Botana
- Holcomb
- Skidmore
- Boyles
- Hunschofsky
- Smith
- Brackett
- Jacques
- Snyder
- Brannan
- Johnson
- Spencer
- Buchanan
- Stark
- Busatta
- Kendall
- Steele
- Campbell
- Kincart Jonsson
- Tant
- Canady
- Koster
- Tendrich
- Cassel
- LaMarca
- Tomkow
- Chamberlin
- Long
- Trabulsy
- Chambliss
- López, J.
- Tramont
- Chaney
- Maggard
- Tuck
- Cobb
- Valdés
- Conerly
- McClure
- Weinberger
- Woodson
- Daley
- Melo
- Yarkosky
- Daniels
- Driskell
- Miller
- Young
- Duggan
- Mooney
- Dunkley
- Nix
- Nixon
Actions
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- In Messages
- Referred to Rules
- Received
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment 909233 adopted
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 2
- Mar 02, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Commerce Committee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 4)
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Commerce Committee
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Budget Committee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Budget Committee
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Added to Budget Committee agenda
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- Referred to Budget Committee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Budget Committee
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Jan 30, 2026 | House
- Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 26, 2026 | House
- Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Referred to Budget Committee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- CS Filed
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda
- Jan 13, 2026 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Dec 16, 2025 | House
- Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
- Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Referred to Budget Committee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
- Dec 04, 2025 | House
- Filed
Bill Texts
- H 657 FiledPDF
- H 657 c1PDF
- H 657 c2PDF
- H 657 c3PDF
- H 657 c4PDF
- H 657 e1PDF
- Committee Amendment 614975 (Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 470549 (Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 885573 (Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 333675 (Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 913569 (Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 662115 (Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 661803 (Adopted without Objection 1/21/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 313213 (Withdrawn Prior to Consideration 2/2/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 190961 (Adopted 2/3/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment 074567 (Adopted without Objection 2/16/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Strike All Amendment 141027 (Adopted without Objection 2/27/2026) -- PorrasPDF
- Committee Amendment to Amendment 719639 (Adopted without Objection 2/27/2026) -- SiroisPDF
- Floor Amendment 909233 (House: Adopted 3/5/2026) -- BartlemanPDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (1/22/2026 4:02 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) (2/4/2026 3:15 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Budget Committee (Post-Meeting) (2/17/2026 2:18 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) (3/3/2026 8:35 AM)
