Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB's 658 & 608
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/10/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Smith) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 82 - 107
    4  and insert:
    5         (c) The division may suspend or revoke the license and fine
    6  the licensee for noncompliance with this subsection.
    7         (d) A licensee who violates this subsection commits a
    8  misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
    9  775.082 or s. 775.083, except that it is not a violation of this
   10  subsection if:
   11         1. The violation is due to the removal or modification of
   12  any safety feature required under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b)
   13  by a guest, a member of a guest’s family, or a person on the
   14  premises of the rental unit with a guest’s consent;
   15         2. Such removal or modification occurred without the
   16  licensee’s knowledge; and
   17         3. The licensee corrects the violation within 45 days after
   18  receiving actual knowledge thereof.
   19         (e) For the purposes of this subsection, the term:
   20         1. “Swimming pool” has the same meaning as in s. 515.25.
   21         2. “Vacation rental” has the same meaning as in s.
   22  509.242(1)(c).
   23         3. “Water body” means any water or body of water regularly
   24  at a depth of at least 24 inches at its deepest point. The term
   25  does not include underground water that cannot be accessed by
   26  individuals from an access point located within 150 feet of the
   27  rental unit.
   28         (f) A public lodging establishment that is licensed as a
   29  vacation rental which has a water body within 150 feet of the
   30  rental unit or a swimming pool located on the premises must file
   31  a certificate upon licensure and renewal stating that the rental
   32  unit complies with the requirements of this subsection.
   33         (g) The division shall adopt rules to implement this
   34  subsection.
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   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete lines 12 - 14
   39  and insert:
   40         water safety features; authorizing the Division of
   41         Hotels and Restaurants to suspend or revoke the
   42         license and fine the licensee for noncompliance;
   43         providing criminal penalties; providing an exception;
   44         defining terms; requiring certain public lodging
   45         establishments to file a certificate of compliance
   46         upon licensure and renewal; requiring the division to
   47         adopt rules; providing an effective date.