Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S906: Homeowners' Associations
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Creating the Office of the Homeowners' Association Ombudsman within the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; specifying the powers and duties of the ombudsman; providing the duties of the division relating to the development, construction, sale, lease, ownership, operation, and management of residential parcels and complaints; authorizing the division to issue citations and adopt rules; requiring the division to maintain a toll-free telephone number accessible to parcel owners, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to homeowners' associations; creating s. 720.3024, F.S.; creating the Office of the Homeowners' Association Ombudsman within the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; providing for funding of the office; directing the Governor to appoint the ombudsman; requiring that the ombudsman be an attorney admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court…
From the introduced text, December 15, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to homeowners' associations; creating s. 720.3024, F.S.; creating the Office of the Homeowners' Association Ombudsman within the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; providing for funding of the office; directing the Governor to appoint the ombudsman; requiring that the ombudsman be an attorney admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court; prohibiting the ombudsman, officers, or full-time employees of the office from holding certain positions, engaging in certain activities, or receiving certain remuneration; providing for the principal location of the ombudsman's office; authorizing the ombudsman to establish branch offices upon the concurrence of the Governor; specifying the powers and duties of the ombudsman; providing a process for monitoring homeowners' association elections; providing for the appointment of an election monitor to attend an annual meeting of parcel owners and to conduct the election of directors; requiring that an association subject to election monitoring pay all costs associated with the process; requiring the division to adopt rules; creating s. 720.3025, F.S.; providing the duties of the division relating to the development, construction, sale, lease, ownership, operation, and management of residential parcels and complaints; providing that the division has complete jurisdiction to investigate complaints and enforce compliance over associations still under developer control; specifying the …
Sponsors
- Garcia, Ileana (R, SD-036) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Regulated Industries
- : Introduced
- : Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
- : Filed
Subjects: Rules, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Regulated Industries
Common questions
- What is S906?
- S906 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Homeowners' Associations.
- What does S906 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to homeowners' associations; creating s. 720.3024, F.S.; creating the Office of the Homeowners' Association Ombudsman within the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; providing for funding of the office; directing the Governor to appoint the ombudsman; requiring that the ombudsman be an attorney admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court…
- What is the status of S906?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Regulated Industries (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored S906?
- Garcia, Ileana (R, SD-036).
- Where is the official record for S906?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/906
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