SB0908 • 2026

Fees/Homeowners’ Associations

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Garcia
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: Senate - Died in Regulated Industries
Effective date: On the sam

Plain English Breakdown

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Homeowners' Association Fees

This bill requires homeowners’ associations operating more than two parcels to pay annual fees to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, imposes penalties for late payments, and restricts legal actions by delinquent associations.

What This Bill Does

Requires each homeowners’ association that operates more than two residential parcels to pay an annual fee of $4 per parcel to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes.
Imposes a penalty of 10% on unpaid fees if they are not paid by March 1st each year.
Deems associations delinquent and restricts their ability to take legal action in state courts until all fees and penalties are paid.
Deposits collected fees into the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund.

Who It Names or Affects

Homeowners’ associations operating more than two residential parcels.

Terms To Know

Delinquent: A status given to an association that has not paid its required fees and penalties on time, limiting its legal rights.
Standing: The right of a party to bring a lawsuit or participate in a court case. Delinquent associations lose this right until they pay their fees and penalties.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill will take effect on the same date as SB 906 if it is passed during the same legislative session.
The exact amount of the annual fee may change based on future legislation or amendments.

Bill History

2026-03-13 Senate
• Died in Regulated Industries
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced
2026-01-05 Senate
• Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
2025-12-15 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Fees/Homeowners’ Associations; Requiring each homeowners’ association that operates more than two parcels to pay to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes an annual fee for each residential parcel operated by the association; requiring that the association be assessed a specified penalty of the amount due if the fee is not paid by a specified date; providing that, until the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid, an association is deemed delinquent and does not have standing to maintain or defend any action in the courts of this state; requiring that all fees the division collects be deposited in the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund, etc.

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 908

By
Senator Garcia

36-01563-26 2026908__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to fees; amending s. 720.3025, F.S.;
3 requiring each homeowners’ association that operates
4 more than two parcels to pay to the Division of
5 Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes an
6 annual fee for each residential parcel operated by the
7 association; requiring that the association be
8 assessed a specified penalty of the amount due if the
9 fee is not paid by a specified date; providing that,
10 until the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid, an
11 association is deemed delinquent and does not have
12 standing to maintain or defend any action in the
13 courts of this state; requiring that all fees the
14 division collects be deposited in the Division of
15 Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes
16 Trust Fund; providing a contingent effective date.
17
18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
19
20 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 720.3025, Florida
21 Statutes, as created by SB 906 , 2026 Regular Session, is
22 amended to read:
23 720.3025 Authority, responsibility, and duties of Division
24 of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes.—
25 (2)
(a)
On the certification form provided by the division,
26 the directors of the association shall certify that each
27 director of the association has completed the written
28 certification and educational certificate requirements in s.
29 720.3033(1). This certification requirement does not apply to
30 the directors of an association governing a timeshare property.
31
(b)
Each homeowners’ association shall create and maintain
32 an online account with the division, as required in subsection
33 (3).
34
(c) E
ach homeowners’ association that operates more than

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two parcels
must
pay to the division an annual fee in the amount

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of $4 for each residential parcel operated by the association.

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If the fee is not paid by March 1, the association
will
be

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assessed a penalty of 10 percent of the amount due
,
and
,
until

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the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid
,
the

association
is

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deemed delinquent and does
not have standing to maintain or

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defend any action in the courts of this state.

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(
d
) All fees
the division collects must
be deposited in the

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Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes

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Trust Fund as provided by law.

45 Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
46 SB 906 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
47 is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
48 thereof and becomes a law.