Florida SB 658: Registration Fees for Malt Beverage Brands and Labels

Bill Text

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Water Safety Requirements for the Rental of Residential and Vacation Properties 
2026-02-19T09:32:29Z 
(THIS BILL COMBINES SB's 658 & 608) Requiring a landlord to equip certain rental properties with specified water safety features; providing criminal penalties; requiring a public lodging establishment licensed as a vacation rental to equip certain rental units with specified water safety features; providing an exception; requiring certain public lodging establishments to file a certificate of compliance upon licensure and renewal, etc. 
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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to water safety requirements for the 
 3 rental of residential and vacation properties; 
 4 amending s. 83.51, F.S.; requiring a landlord to equip 
 5 certain rental properties with specified water safety 
 6 features; providing criminal penalties; providing an 
 7 exception; defining the terms “swimming pool” and 
 8 “water body”; conforming a provision to changes made 
 9 by the act; providing applicability; amending s. 
 10 509.211, F.S.; requiring a public lodging 
 11 establishment licensed as a vacation rental to equip 
 12 certain rental units with specified water safety 
 13 features; authorizing the Division of Hotels and 
 14 Restaurants to suspend or revoke the license and fine 
 15 the licensee for noncompliance; providing criminal 
 16 penalties; providing an exception; defining terms; 
 17 requiring certain public lodging establishments to 
 18 file a certificate of compliance upon licensure and 
 19 renewal; requiring the division to adopt rules; 
 20 providing an effective date. 
 21 
 22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 23 
 24 Section 1. Present subsection (4) of section 83.51, Florida 
 25 Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5) and amended, and a 
 26 new subsection (4) and subsection (6) are added to that section, 
 27 to read: 
 28 83.51 Landlord’s obligation to maintain premises.— 
 29 (4)(a) At all times during a tenancy, if a water body that 
 30 is not a swimming pool exists within 150 feet of the dwelling 
 31 unit, the landlord must ensure that either: 
 32 1. All doors and windows providing direct access to the 
 33 exterior of the dwelling unit are equipped with an exit alarm 
 34 that has a minimum sound pressure rating of 85 dB A at 10 feet; 
 35 or 
 36 2. All doors providing direct access to the exterior of the 
 37 dwelling unit are equipped with a self-closing, self-latching 
 38 device with a release mechanism placed no lower than 54 inches 
 39 above the floor. 
 40 (b) If the dwelling unit has a swimming pool on its 
 41 premises, the landlord must ensure that the dwelling unit is 
 42 equipped with at least one pool safety feature as described in 
 43 s. 515.27(1). 
 44 (c) A landlord who violates this subsection commits a 
 45 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 
 46 775.082 or s. 775.083, except that it is not a violation of this 
 47 subsection if: 
 48 1. The violation is due to the removal or modification of 
 49 any safety feature required under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) 
 50 by the tenant, a member of the tenant’s family, or a person on 
 51 the premises with the tenant’s consent; 
 52 2. Such removal or modification occurred without the 
 53 landlord’s knowledge; and 
 54 3. The landlord corrects the violation within 45 days after 
 55 receiving actual knowledge thereof. 
 56 (d) For the purposes of this subsection, the term: 
 57 1. “Swimming pool” has the same meaning as in s. 515.25. 
 58 2. “Water body” means any water or body of water regularly 
 59 at a depth of at least 24 inches at its deepest point. The term 
 60 does not include underground water that cannot be accessed by 
 61 individuals from an access point located within 150 feet of the 
 62 dwelling unit. 
 63 (5)(4) The landlord is not responsible to the tenant under 
 64 this section for conditions created or caused by the negligent 
 65 or wrongful act or omission of the tenant, a member of the 
 66 tenant’s family, or a other person on the premises with the 
 67 tenant’s consent, including the removal or modification of any 
 68 safety features required under subsection (4) by the tenant, a 
 69 member of the tenant’s family, or a person on the premises with 
 70 the tenant’s consent. 
 71 (6) The requirements of subsection (4) do not apply to a 
 72 nontransient apartment as defined in s. 509.242(1)(d). 
 73 Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 509.211, 
 74 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 75 509.211 Safety regulations.— 
 76 (6)(a) If a public lodging establishment licensed as a 
 77 vacation rental has a water body within 150 feet of the rental 
 78 unit which is not a swimming pool, the licensee must ensure 
 79 that: 
 80 1. All doors and windows providing direct access to the 
 81 exterior of the rental unit a