HB 657: Community Associations
GENERAL BILL by Porras
Community Associations; Removes presuit mediation requirements; requires 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; requires that specified arbitrators conduct arbitration proceedings; authorizes HOA's to be terminated; provides requirements for termination of HOA; provides conditions for plan of termination; requires approved plan of termination be submitted to community association court program & recorded in public records of each county in which association is located; provides duties & responsibilities of termination trustee; authorizes member to file petition with community association court program; authorizes community association court program to take certain actions; provides responsibilities of board after approval of plan of termination; provides for distribution of assets & paying of lawful debts after association is terminated; specifies unlawful actions by association or its officers or directors; 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.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/4/2025 House • Filed
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HB 657, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/4/2025 at 3:41 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 34.01 Jurisdiction of county court. 718.1255 Alternative dispute resolution; mediation; nonbinding arbitration; applicability. Page 3 (pdf) 720.302 Purposes, scope, and application. Page 7 (pdf) 720.303 Association powers and duties; meetings of board; official records; budgets; financial reporting; association funds; recalls. Page 8 (pdf) 720.306 Meetings of members; voting and election procedures; amendments. Page 11 (pdf) 720.311 Dispute resolution. Page 13 (pdf) 720.319 Page 23 (pdf) 720.32 Page 30 (pdf)