Senate Bill 522 was Favorable today by Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 5. Going forward in the process it will be passed to the Rules Committee. There is currently no date set for the Rules Committee’s next meeting.
Two weeks after Senate Bill 522 was found Favorable by Regulated Industries Subcommittee, it will be on the agenda for the next Senate Appropriations Committee meeting on Thursday, March 11 at 11:30AM.
Efforts by state legislators to take vacation rental away from local officials are before the legislature this year, after similar bills died during the last session.
Florida law already prevents local governments from passing ordinances aimed at outlawing such rentals, but argument about regulating short-term vacation rentals goes back a decade or more.
READ MORE: https://www.chronicleonline.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-l-legislature-tries-to-strip-more-authority-from-local-governments/article_846a1556-779b-11eb-adb3-47d3b5aa8bba.html
The bill will now be heard next in the Senate Appropriations Committee, rather than Commerce and Tourism. Normally, bills do not get reassigned to a different committee; however, it does happen on occasion.
As online platforms such as Airbnb have grown in popularity, regulation of short-term rental properties has become a perennial fight in the Legislature.
READ MORE: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/02/16/vacation-rental-proposal-on-the-move-in-senate/
Senate Bill 522 was Favorable by Regulated Industries Subcommittee; YEAS 6 NAYS 3. Going forward in the process it will be passed to the Commerce and Tourism Committee. There is currently no date set for the Commerce and Tourism Committee’s next meeting.