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IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Termination of Rental Agreement by Victim of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, or Stalking; Prohibits landlord from evicting tenant or terminating rental agreement because tenant or tenant's minor child is victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; specifies that rental agreement may not contain certain provisions; authorizes victim of such actual or threatened violence or stalking to terminate rental agreement; requires certain documentation & written notice to landlord; provides for liability for rent for both tenant & perpetrator, if applicable; specifies that tenant does not forfeit certain money paid to landlord for terminating rental agreement; requires landlord to change locks of dwelling unit within specified time period; authorizes tenant to change locks of dwelling unit; prohibits certain actions by landlord; authorizes filing of civil action & award of damages, fees, & costs; prohibits waiver of certain provisions.
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House • Jun 16, 2025: Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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Companion Bills
Housing; Creates Department of Housing & Tenant Rights; provides requirements for rental agreements; prohibits landlords from requiring prospective tenants to pay certain fees; revises & specifies grounds for termination of rental agreement; authorizes tenants, mobile home owners, mobile home tenants, & mobile home occupants who are defendants in eviction proceedings to file motion with court to h...
Housing; Citing this act as the “Keep Floridians Housed Act”; creating the Department of Housing and Tenant Rights; providing requirements for rental agreements; creating the “End Junk Fees for Renters Act”; prohibiting a landlord from evicting a tenant or terminating a rental agreement because the tenant or the tenant’s minor child is a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, ...
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- Jun 16, 2025 | House
- Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- May 03, 2025 | House
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- Mar 04, 2025 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Feb 26, 2025 | House
- Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Feb 13, 2025 | House
- Filed
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