Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1497: My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Revises eligibility requirements for My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; requires DFS to adopt rules to verify household income; authorizes condominiums with mixed-income occupancies to participate in pilot program; requires application for mitigation grant to include documentation to verify household income; limits award of grant funds; requires association to complete certain percentage of opening protection improvements.
What the bill says
An act relating to the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; amending s. 215.55871, F.S.; defining the term "area median income"; removing the definition of the term "service area"; revising eligibility requirements for the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; requiring the Department of Financial Services to adopt rules to verify household income; authorizing condominiums with mixed-income occupancies to participate in the pilot program under certain circumstances; requiring an application for a mitigation grant to include documentation to verify household income…
From the introduced text, January 30, 2026:
An act relating to the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; amending s. 215.55871, F.S.; defining the term "area median income"; removing the definition of the term "service area"; revising eligibility requirements for the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; requiring the Department of Financial Services to adopt rules to verify household income; authorizing condominiums with mixed-income occupancies to participate in the pilot program under certain circumstances; requiring an application for a mitigation grant to include documentation to verify household income; limiting the award of grant funds; requiring an association to complete a certain percentage of opening protection improvements; providing applicability; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) and paragraphs (a) and (j) of subsection (5) of section 215.55871, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 215.55871 My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program.—There is established within the Department of Financial Services the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to be implemented CS/HB 1497 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1497-01-c1 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES pursuant to appropriations. The department shall provide fiscal accountability, contract management, and strategic leadership for the pilot program, consistent with this section. This section does not create an entitlement for associations or unit owners or obligate the state in …