US EditionClear! House passes bill to help save students from cardiac arrests
- The Florida House approved a bill aimed at easing financial burdens on condo owners, allowing associations to open lines of credit to fund repairs instead of raising assessments, with a vote of 113-2.
- The legislation follows the 2021 Surfside condominium collapse, which resulted in 98 deaths and led to stricter safety laws requiring inspections and financial studies.
- Governor Ron DeSantis has criticized the bill, arguing that it fails to help people stay in their homes due to high costs tied to previous policies after the 2021 condo collapse, stating, "this is being put forward basically because of policies that were implemented by the Florida Legislature."
- House bill sponsor Vicki Lopez stated the bill addresses confusion around current requirements and seeks to provide financial relief for condo associations.
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House Approves Condominium Safety Legislation
The Florida House on Wednesday passed wide-ranging legislation to strengthen oversight of condominium buildings, giving local governments and association boards new responsibilities tied to structural safety and long-term financial planning. The legislation, House Bill 913 would require local governments to verify, by Oct. 1, 2025, whether all condominium buildings in Florida standing three stories or taller have completed a structural integrity…
Clear! House passes bill to help save students from cardiac arrests
The House has unanimously passed a measure that would require all public school campuses to have at least one operational automated external defibrillator (AED). Hialeah Republican Rep. Alex Rizo and Clermont Republican Rep. Taylor Yarkosky presented the bill (HB 1607). Yarkosky detailed the statistics on cardiac arrests in schools, and how low the survival rate becomes if an AED is not available. “Sudden cardiac arrest is the No. 1 killer on sc…
Florida House Republicans ignore DeSantis
The Florida House on Wednesday approved in a near-unanimous vote this year’s condominium bill, which Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized as part of his feud with the chamber’s leadership. With a little more than a week until the scheduled end of the session, House lawmakers approved Miami Republican Rep. Vicki Lopez’s bill, HB 913, which would allow condominium associations to open lines of credit instead of raising cash from owners to fund buildi…
Florida House passes condo law changes, setting up Senate negotiations
The Florida House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a plan that aims, in part, to ease financial strains on condominium owners, setting up negotiations with the Senate before next week’s scheduled end of the 2025 legislative session. The House and Senate bills address condo-safety laws passed after the 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside that killed...
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