Florida · House Bill 685 · 2025 Regular Session

Conversion of Hotels into Residential Housing

HB 685 Sponsored by Jose Alvarez Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 18, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 26, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Conversion of Hotels into Residential Housing; Creates Hotel-to-home Tax Credit Program for certain purpose; authorizes tax credit for certain projects; authorizes FHFC to allocate credits; providing program requirements & procedures.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee · House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Commerce Committee · House Commerce Committee
  5. CommitteeNow in Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee
  6. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.