Florida SB 924: Coverage for Fertility Preservation Services

Bill Text

924 
Roofing Material Restrictions for Homeowners’ Associations 
2025-12-16T10:14:17Z 
Revising the prohibition on the adoption of certain covenants, rules, or guidelines by a homeowners’ association or a specified committee of an association to include a prohibition on requiring specific types of materials for the building or rebuilding of a roof if the built or rebuilt roof meets certain criteria and standards; revising the prohibited clauses in homeowners’ association documents to include a requirement that a property owner may not be precluded from using any type of building material to build or rebuild his or her roof if the built or rebuilt roof meets certain criteria and standards, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 924 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-01650-26 2026924__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to roofing material restrictions for 
 3 homeowners’ associations; amending s. 720.3035, F.S.; 
 4 revising the prohibition on the adoption of certain 
 5 covenants, rules, or guidelines by a homeowners’ 
 6 association or a specified committee of an association 
 7 to include a prohibition on requiring specific types 
 8 of materials for the building or rebuilding of a roof 
 9 if the built or rebuilt roof meets certain criteria 
 10 and standards; amending s. 720.3075, F.S.; revising 
 11 the prohibited clauses in homeowners’ association 
 12 documents to include a requirement that a property 
 13 owner may not be precluded from using any type of 
 14 building material to build or rebuild his or her roof 
 15 if the built or rebuilt roof meets certain criteria 
 16 and standards; amending s. 720.303, F.S.; conforming a 
 17 provision to changes made by the act; reenacting s. 
 18 617.0825(9), F.S., relating to board committees and 
 19 advisory committees, to incorporate the amendment made 
 20 to s. 720.3035, F.S., in a reference thereto; 
 21 providing an effective date. 
 22 
 23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 24 
 25 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 
 26 720.3035, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 27 720.3035 Architectural control covenants; parcel owner 
 28 improvements; rights and privileges.— 
 29 (1) 
 30 (b) An association or any architectural, construction 
 31 improvement, or other such similar committee of an association 
 32 may not enforce or adopt a covenant, rule, or guideline that: 
 33 1. Limits or places requirements on the interior of a 
 34 structure that is not visible from the parcel’s frontage or an 
 35 adjacent parcel, an adjacent common area, or a community golf 
 36 course. 
 37 2. Requires the review and approval of plans and 
 38 specifications for a central air-conditioning, refrigeration, 
 39 heating, or ventilating system by the association or any 
 40 architectural, construction improvement, or other such similar 
 41 committee of an association, if such system is not visible from 
 42 the parcel’s frontage, an adjacent parcel, an adjacent common 
 43 area, or a community golf course and is substantially similar to 
 44 a system that is approved or recommended by the association or a 
 45 committee thereof. 
 46 3. Requires that a specific type of material be used on the 
 47 building or rebuilding of a roof, provided the built or rebuilt 
 48 roof appears to be substantially identical in shape and color 
 49 with the roofing requirements created by the association or any 
 50 architectural, construction improvement, or other such similar 
 51 committee of the association, and that such roofing materials 
 52 adhere to the roof systems recognized by the Florida Building 
 53 Code which meet ASCE 7-22 standards pursuant to paragraph 
 54 (6)(c). 
 55 Section 2. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (3) of 
 56 section 720.3075, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 57 720.3075 Prohibited clauses in association documents.— 
 58 (3) Homeowners’ association documents, including 
 59 declarations of covenants, articles of incorporation, or bylaws, 
 60 may not preclude: 
 61 (g) A property owner from using any type of building 
 62 material to build or rebuild his or her roof, provided the built 
 63 or rebuilt roof appears to be substantially identical in shape 
 64 and color with the roofing requirements created by the 
 65 association or any architectural, construction improvement, or 
 66 other such similar committee of the association, and that such 
 67 roofing materials adhere to the roof systems recognized by the 
 68 Florida Building Code which meet ASCE 7-22 standards pursuant to 
 69 s. 720.3035(6)(c). 
 70 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 720.303, Florida 
 71 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 72 720.303 Association powers and duties; meetings of board; 
 73 official records; budgets; financial reporting; association 
 74 funds; recalls.— 
 75 (1) POWERS AND DUTIES.—An association that operates a 
 76 community as defined in s. 7