--- type: "Bill" title: "Flood Disclosures" description: "Flood Disclosures; Requiring a landlord of residential real property to provide specified information to a prospective tenant at or before the time the rental agreement is executed; providing that if a landlord fails to disclose flood information truthfully and a tenant suffers substantial loss or damage, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement by giving a written notice of termination and surrendering possession of the premises to the landlord within a specified timeframe; requiring a developer of a residential condominium unit to provide specified information to a prospective purchaser at or before the time the sales contract is executed; requiring a park owner of a mobile home park to provide specified information to a prospective lessee at or before the time the rental agreement is executed, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 948" citation: "Florida SB 948 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["civil practice and procedure"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2025-166" primary_sponsors: ["Bradley", "Judiciary"] version_count: 5 action_count: 35 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-02-20" last_action: "2025-06-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d8396ba-284c-4622-a044-557a38d70677" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/948/ByCategory" source_hash: "514cf6ef6146d6f32df8794092b6996fa37420c9fab7b2ca809b6eed291c42dd" 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 SB 948 (2025) — Flood Disclosures Flood Disclosures; Requiring a landlord of residential real property to provide specified information to a prospective tenant at or before the time the rental agreement is executed; providing that if a landlord fails to disclose flood information truthfully and a tenant suffers substantial loss or damage, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement by giving a written notice of termination and surrendering possession of the premises to the landlord within a specified timeframe; requiring a developer of a residential condominium unit to provide specified information to a prospective purchaser at or before the time the sales contract is executed; requiring a park owner of a mobile home park to provide specified information to a prospective lessee at or before the time the rental agreement is executed, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-166. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 948 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/948/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 948 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/948/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 948 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/948/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 948 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/948/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 948 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/948/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **24–0** (pass) · upper - Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bradley — primary (person) - Judiciary — primary (person) - Rules — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-20** Filed `filing` - **2025-02-28** Referred to Judiciary; Regulated Industries; Rules `referral-committee` - **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction` - **2025-03-07** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building - **2025-03-12** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 - **2025-03-13** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2025-03-13** Now in Regulated Industries - **2025-03-18** CS by Judiciary read 1st time - **2025-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/25/25, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2025-03-25** Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-26** Now in Rules - **2025-03-27** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2025-04-01** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 - **2025-04-02** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2025-04-02** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time - **2025-04-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2025-04-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 - **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-09** Amendment(s) adopted (788766) - **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-09** Immediately certified - **2025-04-09** In Messages - **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) - **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-06-23** Chapter No. 2025-166 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d8396ba-284c-4622-a044-557a38d70677`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).