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Superseded — its companion passed SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. CS/CS/SB 1604

Trust Funds/Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund
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Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Wright
FILED BY
Tom A. Wright — District 8, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
July 1, 2026, but only if SB 1602 or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
COMPANION
CS/CS/SB 1602 — CS/CS/SB 1604 was set aside and its companion carried the policy

Filed under Housing.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Trust Funds/Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund; Creating the Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation for a specified purpose; authorizing any unexpended balance at a specified time to revert and be reappropriated for a certain purpose; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Creates a new trust fund for a veteran housing pilot program.

The bill creates a new trust fund within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. The Legislature may appropriate funds to this new account for a specific housing program.

The fund is strictly limited to implementing the Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program. It cannot be used for any other purpose or general housing needs.

Any money left in the fund at the end of a fiscal year must automatically revert to the corporation. It is then appropriated for the next year to continue the program's work.

The fund is set to terminate on July 1, 2030. It must undergo a legislative review before that date to determine if it should be ended or re-created.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Mandates annual reversion of unspent balances moderates. 420.56(2)

AIRequires that any money left in the fund at the end of a fiscal year must be returned to the corporation for the next year, preventing the fund from accumulating unused cash.

“any balance in the trust fund at the end of the fiscal year must revert and be appropriated to the corporation for the next fiscal year” bill text, line 22 →
§ 2 Sets a mandatory termination date with prior review moderates. 420.56(3)

AIRequires the fund to be reviewed and then automatically terminated on July 1, 2030, unless the Legislature acts to terminate it sooner.

“the Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund must, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2030” bill text, line 26 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1602 (Ch....
3/5/2026
In Messages
3/5/2026
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 610
3/5/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 610
3/5/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 610
3/3/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
3/3/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/2/2026
Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2/25/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110...
2/24/2026
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and...
2/23/2026
Now in Appropriations
2/20/2026
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/18/2026
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and...
2/13/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation,...
1/29/2026
CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security...
1/28/2026
Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and...
1/27/2026
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/26/2026
CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security;...
1/22/2026
Introduced
1/21/2026
On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and...
1/16/2026
Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic...
1/9/2026
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 420.56
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