Florida HB 465: Vulnerable Victims and Witnesses

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CS/HB 465 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to community association management; 2
amending s. 468.432, F.S.; requiring community 3
association managers and community association firms 4
to obtain a specified amount of insurance separate 5
from insurance provided by an association; amending s. 6
468.436, F.S.; providing for the revocation of a 7
community association manager's license under certain 8
circumstances; barring a community association manager 9
from being licensed under certain circumstances; 10
amending ss. 718.111, 718.405, 719.106, and 720.303, 11
F.S.; requiring certain community associations to 12
contract with a community association management firm; 13
requiring the community association firm to possess 14
all applicable licenses; providing that association 15
board members, officers, and directors have a duty to 16
ensure such community association firm or community 17
association manager is properly licensed; amending s. 18
721.03, F.S.; providing that timeshare management 19
firms and certain licensed individuals are only 20
subject to certain licensing and disciplinary 21
requirements; amending s. 721.13, F.S.; providing that 22
timeshare management firms and certain licensed 23
individuals are only subject to certain licensing and 24
disciplinary requirements unless certain provisions of 25

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law expressly apply; providing that certain 26
accommodations managed by a timeshare management firm 27
or licensed individual are governed under specified 28
provisions of law; providing for priority of 29
application in case of conflict; amending s. 721.14, 30
F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the 31
act; providing an effective date. 32
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 34
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Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 468.432, 36
Florida Statutes, to read: 37
468.432 Licensure of community association managers and 38
community association management firms; exceptions.— 39
(4) Before contracting with or being employed by a 40
condominium association, cooperative association, or homeowners' 41
association, a community association manager or community 42
association management firm must obtain coverage under an errors 43
or omissions insurance policy with a minimum combined single 44
limit of $1 million, which is separate from any insurance 45
coverage provided by the association. 46
Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 468.436, 47
Florida Statutes, to read: 48
468.436 Disciplinary proceedings.— 49
(6) If a community association manager is convicted of, or 50

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enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, regardless of 51
adjudication, in any jurisdiction, to a felony of the first 52
degree, a capital felony, a felony involving money laundering, 53
or a felony involving theft or embezzlement, the department must 54
immediately revoke the community association manager's license 55
issued under this part and the community association manager is 56
permanently barred from future licensure under this part. 57
Section 3. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section 58
718.111, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 59
718.111 The association.— 60
(3) POWER TO MANAGE CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY AND TO CONTRACT, 61
SUE, AND BE SUED; CONFLICT OF INTEREST.— 62
(g) If an association contracts with a community 63
association manager or a community association management firm, 64
the community association manager or community association 65
management firm must possess all applicable licenses required by 66
part VIII of chapter 468. An association with total annual 67
revenues of $750,000 or more must contract with a community 68
association management firm. Each board member or officer All 69
board members or officers of an association that contracts with 70
a community association manager or a community association 71
management firm has have a duty to ensure that the community 72
association manager or community association management firm is 73
properly licensed before entering into a contract. 74
Section 4. Subsection (6) is added to section 718.405, 75

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Florida Statutes, to read: 76
718.405 Multicondominiums; multicondominium associations.— 77
(6) An association operating a multicondominium must 78
contract with a community association management firm. The 79
community association management firm mus