# Florida SB 594: Local Housing Assistance Plans

Florida SB 594, Local Housing Assistance Plans, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Colleen Burton (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-29 (Chapter No. 2026-173); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB594-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 594
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Local Housing Assistance Plans
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-19
- Last action: 2026-06-29, Chapter No. 2026-173
- Sponsor: Colleen Burton (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Community Affairs, Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (193 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More help for mobile home owners: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida counties and eligible cities can offer eligible mobile home owners help with lot rent. Rent help is capped at six months. Owners can also receive funds for home repairs and emergency repairs, depending on local funding and decisions. Lot rent help counts toward the r…
- Broader funding and mobile home planning: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida removes the 20% cap on local housing distributions used for manufactured housing. Counties and eligible cities can direct a larger share to this housing, but do not have to. Their housing plans must address people who lose affordable housing when a mobile home park c…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Colleen Burton (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-10 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 110 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-21 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Vote | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-13 | Senate | Community Affairs Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- er, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/594/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/594/BillText/er/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-11-19: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/594/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/594/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/594/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/594/BillText/er/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/594/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/594/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB594-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).