--- type: "Bill" title: "Timeshare Plan Management" description: "Timeshare Plan Management ; Revises applicability for provisions governing conflicts of interest between community association managers or community association management firms & certain persons with financial interest in such associations; removes provision requiring managing entities that perform community association management to comply with certain provisions related to community association management firms; requires timeshare management firms & individuals employed by timeshare management firms to discharge their duties in good faith; exempts such firms & individuals from liability for monetary damages; requires board of administration of timeshare condominium to meet once per year; requires disclosure of certain information annually to certain persons if timeshare management firm or owners' association provides goods & services through specified entities; specifies manner in which such disclosure must be made." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 897" citation: "Florida HB 897 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-142" primary_sponsors: ["Berfield"] version_count: 3 action_count: 44 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-02-21" last_action: "2025-06-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6155b7f2-ff07-4187-b9b5-ab4d71c94502" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/897/ByCategory" source_hash: "0303ce1a5493d1d0fee46c17d7640f7e1b65d79c3435c68516d81c07efb3ba35" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida HB 897 (2025) — Timeshare Plan Management Timeshare Plan Management ; Revises applicability for provisions governing conflicts of interest between community association managers or community association management firms & certain persons with financial interest in such associations; removes provision requiring managing entities that perform community association management to comply with certain provisions related to community association management firms; requires timeshare management firms & individuals employed by timeshare management firms to discharge their duties in good faith; exempts such firms & individuals from liability for monetary damages; requires board of administration of timeshare condominium to meet once per year; requires disclosure of certain information annually to certain persons if timeshare management firm or owners' association provides goods & services through specified entities; specifies manner in which such disclosure must be made. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-142. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 897 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/897/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 897 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/897/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 897 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/897/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Berfield — primary (person) - Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Stark — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-21** Filed `filing` - **2025-03-02** Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-02** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-02** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-03-02** Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee - **2025-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2025-03-28** Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda - **2025-04-01** Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-06** Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee - **2025-04-06** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2025-04-06** CS Filed `filing` - **2025-04-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2025-04-08** Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2025-04-08** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-04-08** Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee - **2025-04-08** Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda - **2025-04-10** Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-10** Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee - **2025-04-10** Now in Commerce Committee - **2025-04-11** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2025-04-15** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-16** Reported out of Commerce Committee - **2025-04-16** Bill released to House Calendar - **2025-04-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2025-04-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025) - **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-23** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-23** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-23** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-23** In Messages - **2025-04-23** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2025-04-23** Received `enrolled` - **2025-04-28** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal` - **2025-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-28** Substituted for CS/SB 496 - **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-28** In Messages - **2025-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-06-16** Chapter No. 2025-142 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6155b7f2-ff07-4187-b9b5-ab4d71c94502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).