HB 657 Florida 2026 session
Community Associations
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.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed one chamber — last recorded action March 13, 2026
Died in Rules
Recorded votes
Passage likelihood
95% Higher than most bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
- Current stage Passed one chamber.
- Cosponsors 15 cosponsors.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Died in Rules
- Received
- Referred to Rules
- In Messages
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 108, NAYS 2
- Read 3rd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Amendment 909233 adopted
- Read 2nd time
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 4)
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2026)
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Commerce Committee
- Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
- Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- Now in Commerce Committee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Budget Committee
- Favorable with CS by Budget Committee
- Added to Budget Committee agenda
- Now in Budget Committee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Referred to Budget Committee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
- CS Filed
- Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Referred to Commerce Committee
- Referred to Budget Committee
- Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- CS Filed