republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2025/hb-897.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2025	HB 897	Florida HB 897 (2025)	bill		enacted	2025-142	Berfield	3	44	2	2025-02-21	2025-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/6155b7f2-ff07-4187-b9b5-ab4d71c94502	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/897/ByCategory	0303ce1a5493d1d0fee46c17d7640f7e1b65d79c3435c68516d81c07efb3ba35	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. H 897 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 897 er (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/6155b7f2-ff07-4187-b9b5-ab4d71c94502. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).