Florida Senate Bill 1498

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Revising conditions that constitute a violation of certain provisions related to certain records of a condominium association; revising how associations that have not adopted electronic voting are required to receive electronically transmitted ballots; revising a requirement that a developer, before turning over control of a cooperative association to unit owners, have a turnover inspection report for all buildings on the cooperative property, rather than only for buildings that are three stories or higher; providing that the official records of a homeowners' association are open to inspection by certain persons at all reasonable times, etc.

Community Associations

Senate Regulated Industries Committee

Sen. Jennifer Bradley [R]

Sen. Jim Boyd [R]

Sen. Ileana Garcia [R]

2026-02-03 - Senate - Senate Regulated Industries (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
2026-02-10	Senate	CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
2026-02-04	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
2026-02-04	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-03	Senate	CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2026-01-29	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-22	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-16	Senate	Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
2026-01-08	Senate	Filed

H657 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
718	103		Amended Code	See Bill Text
718	111		Amended Code	See Bill Text
718	112		Amended Code	See Bill Text
718	128		Amended Code	See Bill Text
719	106		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	301		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	302		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	303		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	305		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	307		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	3075		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	308		Amended Code	See Bill Text
720	3086		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1498
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1498/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1498/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1498/Amendment/946314/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1498/Analyses/2026s01498.pre.ri.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1498/Analyses/2026s01498.ri.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1498/Vote/2026-02-03%200100PM~S01498%20Vote%20Record.PDF