Florida House Bill 701 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on June 16 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-16 - Died in Rules
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Authorizes county or eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance to mobile home owners for specified time period; requires counties & eligible municipalities to develop certain strategies in their local housing assistance plans; provides that lot rental assistance is approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizes certain funds to be provided to mobile home owners for rehabilitation & emergency repairs; removes prohibition that only certain percentage of funds may be used for manufactured housing.

Local Housing Assistance Plans

House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee	Rep. Paula Stark [R]	Rep. Kimberly Berfield [R]	Rep. Doug Bankson [R]
Rep. Webster Barnaby [R]	Rep. Erika Booth [R]	Rep. Kimberly Daniels [D]	Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]
Rep. Anne Gerwig [R]	Rep. Jennifer Harris [D]	Rep. Johanna Lopez [D]	Rep. Mitch Rosenwald [D]
Rep. Leonard Spencer [D]

2025-04-23 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#155 (Y: 115 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-15 - House - House Commerce Committee (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-09 - House - House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-03-25 - House - House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-16	Senate	Died in Rules
2025-05-03	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2025-04-23	Senate	Received
2025-04-23	Senate	Referred to Rules
2025-04-23	Senate	In Messages
2025-04-23	House	CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
2025-04-23	House	Read 3rd time
2025-04-23	House	Added to Third Reading Calendar
2025-04-23	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2025-04-23	House	Read 2nd time
2025-04-17	House	Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025)
2025-04-16	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2025-04-16	House	Bill released to House Calendar
2025-04-16	House	Reported out of Commerce Committee
2025-04-15	House	Favorable by Commerce Committee
2025-04-11	House	Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2025-04-09	House	Now in Commerce Committee
2025-04-09	House	Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2025-04-09	House	Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2025-04-07	House	Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
2025-03-27	House	Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2025-03-27	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2025-03-27	House	Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2025-03-26	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2025-03-26	House	CS Filed
2025-03-26	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2025-03-26	House	Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
2025-03-25	House	Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
2025-03-21	House	Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda
2025-03-04	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-02-26	House	Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
2025-02-26	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2025-02-26	House	Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2025-02-26	House	Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
2025-02-18	House	Filed

S1714 (Same As) 2025-06-16 - Died in Rules

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
420	9071		Amended Code	See Bill Text
420	9072		Amended Code	See Bill Text
420	9075		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/BillText/c1/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/Amendment/617623/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/Analyses/h0701.HAT.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/Analyses/h0701a.HAT.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/Analyses/h0701b.IAS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/Analyses/h0701c.IAS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/Analyses/h0701d.COM.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/Analyses/h0701e.COM.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=73462&IsPCB=0&BillId=81313
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=74460&IsPCB=0&BillId=81313
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=74671&IsPCB=0&BillId=81313
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/701/Vote/HouseVote_h00701c1155.PDF