Florida House Bill 921 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Revises exclusions from application; provides that right to attorney fees may not be waived in lease agreement; provides that attorney fees may not be awarded in claim for personal injury damages based on breach of duty of premises maintenance; revises & provides certain landlord disclosure requirements; provides requirements for disbursement of advance rents; provides limited rebuttable presumption of receipt of security deposits; provides that certain changes to disclosure requirements made by this act are conditional; revises landlord's obligation to maintain premises with respect to screens; revises procedures for termination of rental agreement by landlord; provides that landlord does not waive right to terminate rental agreement or to bring civil action for noncompliance by accepting partial rent, subject to certain notice; provides period to institute action before exemption involving rent subsidies is waived begins upon actual knowledge; revises requirements for termination of tenancy with specific duration; provides that landlords & mobile home park owners must be given opportunity to cure deficiency in any notice or pleadings before dismissal of eviction action; provides examples of conduct for which landlord may not retaliate.

Landlords and Tenants

Rep. Janet Adkins [R]	House Civil Justice Subcommittee	House Judiciary Committee	Rep. Elizabeth Porter [R]
Sen. Kelli Stargel [R]

2012-02-29 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#937 (Y: 92 N: 21 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Judiciary
2012-03-05		Referred to Judiciary; Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Budget -SJ 848
2012-03-05		Received -SJ 848
2012-02-29		In Messages
2012-02-29		CS passed as amended; YEAS 92 NAYS 21 -HJ 920
2012-02-29		Read 3rd time -HJ 920
2012-02-28		Placed on 3rd reading
2012-02-28		Read 2nd time -HJ 871
2012-02-24		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/12
2012-02-23		CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 799
2012-02-23		Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
2012-02-22		CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 9 NAYS 6 -HJ 815
2012-02-20		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/22/12, 8:00 am, 404 HOB
2012-01-25		Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 281
2012-01-24		CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 260
2012-01-24		Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2012-01-18		CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 4 -HJ 262
2012-01-13		On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 01/18/12, 8:30 am, 404 HOB
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 89
2011-12-21		Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 89
2011-12-06		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
723	063		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	41		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	42		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	48		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	49		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	50		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	51		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	56		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	575		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	58		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	59		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	60		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	62		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	63		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	64		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/921
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0921/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0921/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0921/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0921/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0921/BillText/e2/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/921/Vote/HouseVote_h0921e1937.PDF