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IntroducedNov 24, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 19, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
Water Safety Requirements for the Rental of Residential and Vacation Properties; (THIS BILL COMBINES SB's 658 & 608) Requiring a landlord to equip certain rental properties with specified water safety features; providing criminal penalties; requiring a public lodging establishment licensed as a vacation rental to equip certain rental units with specified water safety features; providing an exception; requiring certain public lodging establishments to file a certificate of compliance upon licensure and renewal, etc.
Summary
Comments on SB 658
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Community Affairsprimary
- Regulated Industriesprimary

- Smithprimary
Votes
Actions
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (786606)
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- Immediately certified
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Now in Rules
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Now in Community Affairs
- CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- CS combines this bill with SB 608
- CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Dec 09, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules
- Nov 24, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Bill Texts
- S 658 FiledHTML
- S 658 c1HTML
- S 658 c2HTML
- S 658 e1HTML
- Committee Amendment 372408 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/10/2026) -- Community Affairs (Burgess)PDF
- Committee Amendment 455636 (Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/10/2026) -- Community Affairs (Smith)PDF
- Floor Amendment 207274 (Senate: Withdrawn 2/19/2026) -- SmithPDF
- Floor Amendment 786606 (Senate: Adopted 2/19/2026) -- SmithPDF
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) (1/29/2026 9:08 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) (1/27/2026 11:35 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) (1/29/2026 12:36 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) (2/9/2026 3:00 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) (2/11/2026 3:00 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (2/16/2026 8:28 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (2/17/2026 10:51 PM)
