The Florida Senate
HOUSE MESSAGE SUMMARY
Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Regulated Industries
[2023s00714.hms.ri]
BILL: CS/CS/CS/SB 714
INTRODUCER: Fiscal Policy Committee; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture,
Environment; and General Government; Regulated Industries Committee; and
Senator DiCeglie
SUBJECT: Vacation rentals
DATE: May 2, 2023
I.Amendments Contained in Message:
House Amendment – 433635 (body and title)
II.Summary of Amendments Contained in Message:
House Amendment – Barcode 433635:
Revises the effect of the provision permitting a local government to adopt a new local
law if it had a “grandfathered” local law in effect on June 1, 2011, to pass a new, less
restrictive ordinance;
Removes from the bill the authority of local governments to impose a fine for failure
to register a vacation rental;
Revises the local registration fees from $150 to $100 for an individual registration,
and from $200 for up to a total of 25 individual registrations to $200 for processing
more than five but fewer than 26 individual registrations;
Removes from the bill the authority for local governments to assess a fee for building
and fire safety inspections after registration;
Removes from the bill the provisions requiring registrants, as a condition for a local
registration, to:
o Submit a license number with the local registration instead of requiring that the
registrant obtain a license issued by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants
(division) to operate as a vacation rental;
o Submit identifying information to the local government;
o Obtain all required tax registrations, receipts, or certificates issued by the
Department of Revenue, a county, or a municipal government;
o Update required information on a continuing basis to be current;
o Comply with parking standards and solid waste handling and containment
requirements so long as such standards are not imposed solely on vacation rentals;
o Pay all recorded municipal or county code liens; and BILL: CS/CS/CS/SB 714 Page 2
o Provide health and safety information and information about applicable laws,
ordinances, or regulations to guests;
Removes from the bill the grounds for termination or suspension of a local registration
by the local government;
Expands the information for the responsible party to include address and email
address;
Limits the requirement that the responsible party be available 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, to registrants with more than 5 vacation rentals in the jurisdiction;
Requires local governments to provide proof to the division of unsatisfied liens, final
orders or judgments terminating the use of a vacation rental, and of a determination by
a code enforcement board, special magistrate or other authority that the vacation rental
has established a pattern and practice of municipal or county code violations;
Requires vacation rental owners or advertisers to attest to the identifying information
for the responsible party provided to the division in advertisements on advertising
platforms;
Removes from the bill the requirement for advertising platforms to verify licensure
before publishing an advertisement;
Requires the division to maintain information for the responsible party in a readily
accessible electronic format;
Authorizes the division to revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue or renew, a vacation
rental license based on the final order or judgment directing the termination of the
premises’ use as a vacation rental; unsatisfied liens; a determination by a code
enforcement board, special magistrate, or other authority that the vacation rental has
established a pattern and practice of municipal or county code violations; the premises
is not registered, if required; the license number is not included in advertisements; or
failure to provide contact information for a responsible party; and
Authorizes the division to waive a requirement for local registration if local
registration was unreasonably withheld.