LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2026

ANALYSIS OF BILL SB 908

HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS

GENERAL BILL SB 908 

An Act Relating To Homeowners'  Associations -- introduced by Senator Ileana Garcia

Effective Date: On the same date that SB 906 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law

Fees/Homeowners’ Associations:
Requiring each homeowners’ association that operates more than two parcels to pay to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes an annual fee for each residential parcel operated by the association; requiring that the association be assessed a specified penalty of the amount due if the fee is not paid by a specified date; providing that, until the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid, an association is deemed delinquent and does not have standing to maintain or defend any action in the courts of this state; requiring that all fees the division collects be deposited in the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund, etc.

ANALYSIS

We should support this bill. The bill requires homeowners associations that operate more than two parcels to pay an annual fee to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes.

It appears that this bill is seeking to conform to Section 718.501(2)(a), Florida Statutes, which requires each condominium association that operates more than two units to pay the division an annual fee in the amount of $4.00 for each residential unit. . The fee is due by January 1 of each year. If the fee is not paid by March 1, the association will be assessed a penalty of 10% of the amount due, and the association will not have standing to maintain or defend any action in the courts of this state until the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid.

Unlike the fee of $4.00 per residential unit for condominiums, the bill does not specify the amount for each residential unit in a homeowners association. However, the bill does mirror Section 718.501(2)(a), Florida Statutes that an association will not have standing to maintain or defend any action in the courts of this state until the amount due, plus any penalty, is paid.