Senate Bill 1154 (2020) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/SB 1154: Community Associations

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Innovation, Industry, and Technology ; Baxley

Community Associations; Providing that certain discriminatory restrictions are extinguished and severed from recorded title transactions; requiring associations to maintain official records in a specified manner; authorizing condominium associations to extinguish discriminatory restrictions; revising how developers may use certain withdrawn escrow funds; revising where the principal office of the Office of the Condominium Ombudsman must be maintained; revising provisions relating to a quorum and voting rights for members remotely participating in meetings, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 374 (Ch. 2020-164)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Innovation, Industry, and Technology (IT)
Community Affairs (CA)
Rules (RC)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
12/6/2019	Senate	• Filed
12/18/2019	Senate	• Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 84
1/14/2020	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 84
1/22/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 01/27/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
1/27/2020	Senate	• CS by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 215
1/28/2020	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/29/2020	Senate	• CS by Innovation, Industry, and Technology read 1st time -SJ 220
1/30/2020	Senate	• Now in Community Affairs
2/5/2020	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
2/10/2020	Senate	• CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 307
2/12/2020	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules
2/13/2020	Senate	• CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 308
3/14/2020	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 374 (Ch. 2020-164)

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 623 (e1)	Community Associations	Business and Professions Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 374 (Ch. 2020-164)
H 689 (e2)	Department of Business and Professional Regulation	Business and Professions Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 374 (Ch. 2020-164)
H 733 (c2)	Marketable Record Title Act	Smith	Compare	Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 374 (Ch. 2020-164)
H 1257 (e2)	Community Associations	Tomkow	Compare	Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
H 1317	Condominium Associations	Fernandez	Compare	Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Business and Professions Subcommittee
S 374 (er)	Housing Discrimination	Rouson	Compare	Last Action: 9/8/2020 Chapter No. 2020-164
S 802 (c1)	Marketable Record Title Act	Perry	Compare	Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 374 (Ch. 2020-164)
S 912	Department of Business and Professional Regulation	Diaz	Compare	Last Action: 3/11/2020 S Laid on Table -SJ 688
S 1494	Insurance Coverage for Condominium Unit Owners	Gruters	Compare	Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Banking and Insurance
S 1752 (c1)	Condominium Associations	Pizzo	Compare	Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Version	Posted	Format
S 1154 Filed	12/6/2019 10:24 AM	Web Page \| PDF
S 1154 c1	1/28/2020 8:14 AM	Web Page \| PDF
S 1154 c2	2/12/2020 4:52 PM	Web Page \| PDF

Committee Amendments

S 1154 Filed
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
632672 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Baxley)	1/24/2020 1:12 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/28/2020	Web Page PDF

S 1154 c1
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
318148 - Amendment Delete lines 72 - 1430 and insert:	Community Affairs (Baxley)	2/7/2020 4:01 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/12/2020	Web Page PDF

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	S 1154	Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Pre-Meeting)	1/24/2020 1:22 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1154	Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Post-Meeting)	1/28/2020 7:34 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1154	Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting)	2/7/2020 4:05 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1154	Community Affairs (Post-Meeting)	2/12/2020 4:48 PM	PDF

Version	Committee	Date	Result
S 1154 Filed	Innovation, Industry, and Technology	1/27/2020 1:30 PM	10 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 1154 c1	Community Affairs	2/10/2020 4:00 PM	5 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (17)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
627.714	Residential condominium unit owner coverage; loss assessment coverage required.	Page 3 (pdf)
712.065		Page 4 (pdf)
718.111	The association.	Page 5 (pdf)
718.112	Bylaws.	Page 17 (pdf)
718.113	Maintenance; limitation upon improvement; display of flag; hurricane shutters and protection; display of religious decorations.	Page 27 (pdf)
718.1255	Alternative dispute resolution; voluntary mediation; mandatory nonbinding arbitration; legislative findings.	Page 30 (pdf)
718.202	Sales or reservation deposits prior to closing.	Page 40 (pdf)
718.303	Obligations of owners and occupants; remedies.	Page 41 (pdf)
718.501	Authority, responsibility, and duties of Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes.	Page 43 (pdf)
718.5014	Ombudsman location.	Page 45 (pdf)
719.103	Definitions.	Page 45 (pdf)
719.104	Cooperatives; access to units; records; financial reports; assessments; purchase of leases.	Page 45 (pdf)
719.106	Bylaws; cooperative ownership.	Page 49 (pdf)
720.303	Association powers and duties; meetings of board; official records; budgets; financial reporting; association funds; recalls.	Page 51 (pdf)
720.305	Obligations of members; remedies at law or in equity; levy of fines and suspension of use rights.	Page 56 (pdf)
720.306	Meetings of members; voting and election procedures; amendments.	Page 59 (pdf)
720.3075	Prohibited clauses in association documents.	Page 59 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.

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