Florida Senate - 2021 SB 576



By Senator Jones





35-00766-21 2021576__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to residential tenancies; amending s.
3 83.67, F.S.; prohibiting a landlord from refusing to
4 enter into a rental agreement with a prospective
5 tenant under certain circumstances related to COVID
6 19; providing an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Present subsections (6), (7), and (8) of section
11 83.67, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (7),
12 (8), and (9), respectively, and a new subsection (6) is added to
13 that section, to read:
14 83.67 Prohibited practices.—
15 (6) A landlord may not refuse to enter into a rental
16 agreement with a prospective tenant if such refusal is solely
17 based upon the tenant being previously evicted during a period
18 when a public health emergency related to COVID-19 existed, as
19 determined by the United States Secretary of Health and Human
20 Services.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.