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House Bill 219 (CS/HB 219)
View Original Bill (9 pages)
View Regulatory Reform Subcommittee Substitute Bill 02/10/21 (27 pages)
General Bill by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee and Fischer (CO-SPONSORS) Sabatini
Vacation Rentals: Requires advertising platforms to collect & remit specified taxes imposed for certain transactions; preempts regulation of vacation rentals to state; prohibits local law, ordinance, or regulation from allowing or requiring inspections or licensing of public lodging establishments, including vacation rentals, or public food service establishments; requires licenses issued by Division of Hotels & Restaurants of DBPR to be displayed conspicuously to public inside licensed establishment.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Committees:
- Regulatory Reform Subcommittee – Voted 10-7 to Proceed on 02/10/21
- Ways & Means Committee
- Commerce Committee
View Official Page on Florida House of Representatives Website
Senate Bill 522 (CS/SB 522)
View Original Bill (8 pages)
View Regulated Industries Committee Substitute Bill 02/18/21 (24 pages)
GENERAL BILL by Diaz
Vacation Rentals; Preempting the regulation of vacation rentals to the state; prohibiting a local law, ordinance, or regulation from allowing or requiring inspections or licensing of public lodging establishments, including vacation rentals, or public food service establishments; requiring licenses issued by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to be displayed conspicuously to the public inside the licensed establishment; requiring advertising platforms to require that persons placing advertisements for vacation rentals include certain information in the advertisements, etc.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law
Committees:
- Regulated Industries (RI) – Voted 6-3 to Proceed on 02/16/21
Commerce and Tourism (CM)Appropriations (AP)- Rules (RC)
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