Florida SB 608: Vacation Rentals

Bill Text

608 
Vacation Rentals 
2025-11-20T03:23:43Z 
(THIS BILL COMBINED IN CS/658 & 608) Requiring applicants or licensees seeking to obtain or renew a license to operate a vacation rental to install a pool safety feature if a pool is located on the vacation rental property; authorizing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to suspend or revoke a license and fine the licensee if a vacation rental is not in compliance 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 608 

 By Senator Smith 

 17-00279A-26 2026608__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to vacation rentals; creating s. 
 3 509.243, F.S.; requiring applicants or licensees 
 4 seeking to obtain or renew a license to operate a 
 5 vacation rental to install a pool safety feature if a 
 6 pool is located on the vacation rental property; 
 7 authorizing the Department of Business and 
 8 Professional Regulation to suspend or revoke a license 
 9 and fine the licensee if a vacation rental is not in 
 10 compliance; authorizing the department to adopt rules; 
 11 providing an effective date. 
 12 
 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 14 
 15 Section 1. Section 509.243, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 16 read: 
 17 509.243 Vacation rentals; pool safety compliance; 
 18 penalties.— 
 19 (1) An applicant seeking to obtain, or a licensee seeking 
 20 to renew, a license to operate a vacation rental as described in 
 21 s. 509.242(1)(c) must install at least one pool safety feature 
 22 as described in s. 515.27(1) if a swimming pool is located on 
 23 the vacation rental property. 
 24 (2) The department may suspend or revoke the license and 
 25 fine the licensee for noncompliance with this section. 
 26 (3) The department may adopt rules to implement this 
 27 section. 
 28 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.