Lawmakers were primed to finally address one of the more highly publicized consumer crises facing Floridians during the Great Recession.

For years, condominium owners and consumer advocates have loudly criticized a law that allows bulk buyers with a large stake in a condo to terminate the condo and, in certain relatively common scenarios, force the building's other owners to sell their units for less than what they paid.

A bill passed by the Legislature and sent to Gov. Rick Scott could provide many of those owners with significant protection against that nightmarish scenario, which has played out repeatedly across the state over the past seven years. Perhaps as important, the bill accomplishes its goal in a way that should not scare off bulk-buying investors, who have become an important part of the state's condo market recovery.