Florida Senate Bill 1244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Citing this act as "Keep Floridians Housed Act"; creating the Department of Housing and Tenant Rights as a new department of state government; providing requirements for rental agreements; requiring that a landlord provide written notice of a rent increase to a tenant by a specified time; prohibiting landlords from charging tenants a security deposit that is more than 1 month's rent; revising and specifying grounds for termination of a rental agreement; authorizing local governments and special districts to adopt a specified impact fee, etc.

Housing

Sen. Victor Torres [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced
2024-01-08	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations
2024-01-03	Senate	Filed

H985 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in State Affairs Committee
S1564 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
163	31801		Amended Code	See Bill Text
196	061		Amended Code	See Bill Text
20	71		Amended Code	See Bill Text
201	025		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	43		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	455		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	46		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	47		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	49		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	51		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	54		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	56		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	60		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	626		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	63		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	67		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	675		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	676		Amended Code	See Bill Text
83	681		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1244
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1244/BillText/Filed/HTML