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IntroducedDec 04, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
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; 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 certain funding come from DBPR appropriation.
Last Action See all actions
House • Jan 26, 2026: Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 657
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommitteeprimary


- Danielscosponsor
- Edmondscosponsor
- Gossett-Seidmancosponsor
Votes
Actions
- 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
- 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
