Florida · Senate Bill 608 · 2026 Regular Session

Vacation Rentals

SB 608 Sponsored by Carlos Guillermo Smith Died in committee

  1. Introduced Nov 20, 2025
  2. In committee Dec 9, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

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

Vacation Rentals; (THIS BILL COMBINED IN CS/658 & 608) Requiring applicants or licensees seeking to obtain or renew a license to operate a vacation rental to install a pool safety feature if a pool is located on the vacation rental property; authorizing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to suspend or revoke a license and fine the licensee if a vacation rental is not in compliance

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Community Affairs; Rules · Senate Regulated Industries
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Fav/CS Combined · Senate Regulated Industries
  5. SenateCS combines this bill with SB 658
  6. CommitteeCS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Regulated Industries
  7. SenateOriginal bill laid on Table, refer to combined CS/SB 658

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.