PRIORITY BILLS

Legislative Session 2020

SUMMARY ANALYSIS OF BILLS

 

CONDOMINIUMS (FS 718)

HB 307 -- Representative LaMarca -- Law Enforcement Vehicles

Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement vehicle in certain areas.  (See SB 476)


SB 476 -- Senator Hooper -- Law Enforcement Vehicles

Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement vehicle in certain areas. (Signed by Governor -- Chapter No.2020-5)


HB 623 -- Representative Jason Shoaf -- Community Associations

Community Associations; Revises & provides requirements relating to community associations, including contracts, documents, records, assessments, fines, liens, improvements, online voting, electronic notice, & prohibited provisions to governing documents. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


HB 689 -- Representative Anthony Rodriguez -- Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Revises & provides requirements relating to electronic reporting, application fee schedules, weight of boxing gloves, fingerprint processing procedures, proof of occupancy of premises, food service establishment audit schedules, delinquency of payment conditions, rules related to submission of certain complaints, & location of Office of the Condominium Ombudsman. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


SB 912 -- Senator Manny Diaz -- Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring that certain reports relating to the transportation or possession of cigarettes be filed with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco through the division’s electronic data submission system; renaming the Florida State Boxing Commission as the Florida Athletic Commission; revising requirements for issuing special licenses to certain food service establishments; providing the circumstances under which a person is delinquent in the payment of an assessment in the context of eligibility for membership on certain condominium boards, etc. (Referred to HB 689)


SB 1154 -- Senator Dennis Baxley -- Community Associations

Community Associations; Exempting certain property association pools from Department of Health regulations; providing that certain provisions in governing documents are void and unenforceable; revising regulations for electric vehicle charging stations; revising provisions related to a quorum and voting rights for members remotely participating in meetings, etc. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


HB 1257 -- Representative Josie Tomkow --  Community Associations

Condominium Associations; Revising criminal penalties relating to the acceptance of things or services of value or kickbacks; revising requirements for the creation of a rebuttable presumption relating to the provision of records; providing criminal penalties for fraudulent voting activities related to association elections; revising the jurisdiction of the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation with regard to investigating complaints, etc. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


HB 1317 -- Representative Javier Fernandez -- Condominium Associations

Condominium Associations; Revises & provides criminal penalties relating to acceptance of certain things of value, official records, use of association debit cards, & fraudulent voting activities; revises & provides requirements relating to official association records; revises jurisdiction of Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile Homes of DBPR with regard to investigating complaints. (NOT CONSIDERED)


SB 1752 -- Senator Jason Pizzo  Community Associations

Condominium Associations; Revising criminal penalties relating to the acceptance of things or services of value or kickbacks; revising requirements for the creation of a rebuttable presumption relating to the provision of records; providing criminal penalties for fraudulent voting activities related to association elections; revising the jurisdiction of the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation with regard to investigating complaints, etc.  (DIED IN COMMITTEE)


 

CO-OPS (FS 719)

HB 307 -- Representative LaMarca -- Law Enforcement Vehicles

Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement vehicle in certain areas. (See SB 476)


SB 476 -- Senator Hooper -- Law Enforcement Vehicles

Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement vehicle in certain areas. (Signed by Governor -- Chapter No.2020-5)


HB 623 -- Representative Jason Shoaf -- Community Associations

Community Associations; Revises & provides requirements relating to community associations, including contracts, documents, records, assessments, fines, liens, improvements, online voting, electronic notice, & prohibited provisions to governing documents. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


SB 1154 -- Senator Dennis Baxley -- Community Associations

Community Associations; Exempting certain property association pools from Department of Health regulations; providing that certain provisions in governing documents are void and unenforceable; revising regulations for electric vehicle charging stations; revising provisions related to a quorum and voting rights for members remotely participating in meetings, etc. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


 

HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS (FS 720)

HB 137 -- Representative Cortes -- Homeowners' Association Recalls

Homeowners' Association Recalls; Revises process for recalling director of homeowners' association; requires specified percentage of certain parcel owners to initiate recall petition or special meeting to recall director; requires board of directors to duly notice & hold referendum within specified time. (NOT CONSIDERED)


HB 233 -- Representative Cortes -- Homeowners' Associations Dispute Resolution

Homeowners' Associations Dispute Resolution; Requires nonbinding arbitration in certain homeowners' association disputes; authorizes parties to initiate judicial proceeding; provides procedures for certain homeowners' association disputes which do not require nonbinding arbitration. (NOT CONSIDERED)


HB 235 -- Representative Cortes -- Nonbinding Arbitration Fees

Nonbinding Arbitration Fees; Requires certain fees to be paid to DBPR; provides for prevailing party in nonbinding arbitration to recover certain costs & fees. (NOT CONSIDERED)


HB 307 -- Representative LaMarca -- Law Enforcement Vehicles

Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement vehicle in certain areas. (See SB 476)


SB 476 -- Senator Hooper -- Law Enforcement Vehicles

Law Enforcement Vehicles; Provides that community associations may not prohibit law enforcement officer from parking his or her law enforcement vehicle in certain areas. (Signed by Governor -- Chapter No.2020-5)


HB 623 -- Representative Jason Shoaf -- Community Associations

Community Associations; Revises & provides requirements relating to community associations, including contracts, documents, records, assessments, fines, liens, improvements, online voting, electronic notice, & prohibited provisions to governing documents. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


SB 1154 -- Senator Dennis Baxley -- Community Associations

Community Associations; Exempting certain property association pools from Department of Health regulations; providing that certain provisions in governing documents are void and unenforceable; revising regulations for electric vehicle charging stations; revising provisions related to a quorum and voting rights for members remotely participating in meetings, etc. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS (FS 190)

HB 135 -- Representative Cortes -- Community Development Districts

Requires community development districts to obtain a just valuation of property before acquiring any property that includes land or is permanently affixed to land. (NOT CONSIDERED)


Department of Business and Professional Regulation

HB 689 -- Representative Anthony Rodriguez -- Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Revises & provides requirements relating to electronic reporting, application fee schedules, weight of boxing gloves, fingerprint processing procedures, proof of occupancy of premises, food service establishment audit schedules, delinquency of payment conditions, rules related to submission of certain complaints, & location of Office of the Condominium Ombudsman. (Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration)


SB 912 -- Senator Manny Diaz -- Department of Business and Professional Regulation

Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring that certain reports relating to the transportation or possession of cigarettes be filed with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco through the division’s electronic data submission system; renaming the Florida State Boxing Commission as the Florida Athletic Commission; revising requirements for issuing special licenses to certain food service establishments; providing the circumstances under which a person is delinquent in the payment of an assessment in the context of eligibility for membership on certain condominium boards, etc. (Referred to HB 689)


CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

HB 295 -- Representative David Santiago -- Construction Defects

Construction Defects; Specifies that certain disclosures & documents must be provided before claimant may file action; removes provisions related to action involving association; provides requirements for notice of claim, repair of construction defects, & payments for such repairs; revises timeframe within which certain persons are required to serve written response to claimant; prohibits advance payments for such repairs; limits liability; provides requirements for certain payments held in trust; requires parties to construction defect claim to participate in mandatory nonbinding arbitration. (DIED IN COMMITTEE)


SB 948 -- Senator Dennis Baxley -- Construction Defects

Construction Defects; Revising when a person has a cause of action for a violation relating to the Florida Building Code; revising requirements relating to notices of claim; requiring a claimant to allow persons served with a notice of claim to inspect certain records; providing that the claimant, under certain circumstances, does not have a claim for damages that could have been avoided or mitigated, etc. (NOT CONSIDERED)


Emotional Support Animals

SB 1084 -- Senator Manny Diaz -- Emotional Support Animals

Emotional Support Animals; Defining the terms “emotional support animal” and “housing provider”; prohibiting discrimination in housing provided to a person with a disability or a disability-related need for an emotional support animal; prohibiting a health care practitioner from providing information regarding a person’s need for an emotional support animal without having personal knowledge of that person’s need for the animal; prohibiting the falsification of information or other fraudulent misrepresentation regarding the use of an emotional support animal, etc.

   

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