PROVIDED SUMMARY
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Revising eligibility requirements for participation in the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; requiring the Department of Financial Services to adopt rules to verify household income; specifying that condominium property with mixed-income occupancies is eligible to participate in the pilot program under certain circumstances; authorizing financial grants to be used by associations for a specified purpose; limiting the award of grant funds, etc.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Expands pilot to all counties and adds income limits.
The bill removes the 15-mile coastal boundary, allowing any condominium in Florida to apply for hurricane mitigation grants.
It adds a new income requirement: at least 80% of occupied units must be owned by households earning below 80% of the area median income.
The Department of Financial Services must adopt rules to verify household income and may require periodic recertification to ensure ongoing compliance.
Grant funds may now be used for water intrusion devices on sliding doors, even if not recommended in the inspection report.
KEY PROVISIONS
AIRemoves the 15-mile coastal boundary, allowing any condominium in the state to apply for grants.
“"Service area" means the area of the state which is 15 miles inward of a coastline”
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AIRestricts participation to associations where 80% of occupied units are owned by households at or below 80% of area median income.
“at least 80 percent of the occupied units within the condominium property are owned and occupied by a person or family whose household annual income is at or below 80 percent of”
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AIAuthorizes grant funds for water intrusion mitigation devices on sliding glass door tracks, even if not recommended in the inspection report.
“Water intrusion mitigation devices designed to prevent wind-driven rainwater intrusion through the tracks of sliding glass doors”
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AILimits grant awards to improvements that address common elements, rather than any improvement that results in a rate discount.
“Grant funds may only be awarded for a mitigation improvement that addresses the common elements of the condominium property”
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TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Messages
3/4/2026
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 515
3/4/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 515
3/4/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 515
3/2/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26
2/24/2026
CS by Appropriations read 1st time
2/20/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/20/2026
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/18/2026
CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2/13/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/10/2026
Now in Appropriations
2/10/2026
Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2/5/2026
On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm,...
2/4/2026
Now in Regulated Industries
2/4/2026
Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
1/30/2026
On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/04/26, 10:30 am,...
1/16/2026
Referred to Banking and Insurance; Regulated Industries; Appropriations
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