Florida SB 1498: Practice of Audiology and Speech-language Pathology Interstate Compact

Bill Text

1498 
Community Associations 
2026-02-04T11:05:42Z 
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. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
c1 

 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1498 

 By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senators Bradley 
 and Boyd 

 580-02459-26 20261498c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to community associations; amending s. 
 3 718.103, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 
 4 “video conference”; amending s. 718.111, F.S.; 
 5 revising conditions that constitute a violation of 
 6 certain provisions related to certain records of a 
 7 condominium association; requiring a condominium 
 8 association to provide copies of certain records or 
 9 otherwise make them available for inspection and 
 10 copying within a specified timeframe if the 
 11 association receives a subpoena or written request 
 12 from a law enforcement agency or prosecuting agency; 
 13 requiring the association to assist law enforcement or 
 14 prosecuting agencies in their investigations; 
 15 providing criminal penalties; amending s. 718.112, 
 16 F.S.; revising a requirement that a developer, before 
 17 turning over control of a condominium association to 
 18 unit owners, have a turnover inspection report for all 
 19 buildings on the condominium property, rather than 
 20 only for buildings that are three stories or higher; 
 21 revising the criteria for certain associations 
 22 requiring a structural integrity reserve study; 
 23 correcting a cross-reference; amending s. 718.128, 
 24 F.S.; revising how associations that have not adopted 
 25 electronic voting are required to receive 
 26 electronically transmitted ballots; revising the 
 27 methods a unit owner may use to transmit his or her 
 28 ballot; conforming provisions to changes made by the 
 29 act; amending s. 719.106, F.S.; revising a requirement 
 30 that a developer, before turning over control of a 
 31 cooperative association to unit owners, have a 
 32 turnover inspection report for all buildings on the 
 33 cooperative property, rather than only for buildings 
 34 that are three stories or higher; revising the 
 35 criteria for certain associations requiring a 
 36 structural integrity reserve study; amending s. 
 37 720.301, F.S.; revising the definition for the terms 
 38 “common area” and “governing documents”; amending s. 
 39 720.302, F.S.; revising applicability; amending s. 
 40 720.303, F.S.; providing that the official records of 
 41 a homeowners’ association are open to inspection by 
 42 certain persons at all reasonable times; revising 
 43 conditions that constitute a violation of certain 
 44 provisions related to certain records of the 
 45 homeowners’ association; deleting the definition of 
 46 the term “repeatedly”; revising a requirement for an 
 47 association to provide copies of certain records 
 48 within a specified timeframe if it receives a subpoena 
 49 or written request for such records from a law 
 50 enforcement agency or prosecuting agency; providing 
 51 criminal penalties; amending s. 720.305, F.S.; 
 52 revising the parties against whom an action may be 
 53 brought at law or in equity, or both, for 
 54 noncompliance with ch. 720, F.S., to include a 
 55 developer or other owner of a common area; amending s. 
 56 720.307, F.S.; revising the documents a developer must 
 57 deliver to the homeowners’ association board of 
 58 directors within a specified timeframe during the 
 59 transition of association control from the developer 
 60 to the board; amending s. 720.3075, F.S.; revising the 
 61 types of prohibited clauses in homeowners’ association 
 62 documents; amending s. 720.308, F.S.; prohibiting 
 63 assessments payable to the developer or other owner of 
 64 a common area from exceeding a member’s proportional 
 65 share of the expenses set forth in the annual budget 
 66 approved by the association; amending s. 720.3086, 
 67 F.S.; requiring that a specified financial report 
 68 conform to the financial report required by an 
 69 association that serves the residential subdivision; 
 70 requiring that the report be made available upon 
 71 request at no charge; revising the manner in which the 
 72 report is required to be delivered to each lot or 
 73 parcel owner; providing an effective date. 
 74 
 75 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the