Florida 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 6 D · 6 R cosponsors

HB 577 — Tenant Safety

Last action — Died on Second Reading Calendar; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 898 (Ch. 2022-222)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Tenant Safety; Revises what constitutes reasonable notice for repairs of dwelling units; requires operator of apartments to provide tenant or prospective tenant with certain background screening information; requires operator to provide tenant with list of employees or contractors & post such list on grounds of apartment or apartment's website; requires such operator to maintain, & make accessible to certain persons & during discovery, list that accounts for information for specified time period; requires licensee to provide Division of Hotels & Restaurants with certain information during its annual inspection.

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB577 2022 A bill to be entitled An act relating to tenant safety;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB577 2022 A bill to be entitled An act relating to tenant safety;
creating s.
providing an effective date.
83.684, F.S.;
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
defining the term "student apartment";
9 Section 1.
requiring the landlord of a student apartment to provide certain information to a tenant when a rental agreement or the renewal of a rental agreement for such apartment is executed;
amending s.
509.211, F.S.;
requiring the landlord of a student apartment to maintain, and make accessible to certain persons and during certain discovery, a log that accounts for certain information for a specified time period;
providing effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1.
The landlord may enter the dwelling unit upon reasonable notice to the tenant and at a reasonable time for the purpose of repair of the Page 1of 4 CODING:
The landlord may enter the dwelling unit upon reasonable notice to the tenant and at a reasonable time for the purpose of repair of the premises.
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hb0577-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB577 2022 premises.
or (d) If the tenant is absent from the premises for a period of time equal to one-half the time for periodic rental payments.
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hb0577-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB577 2022 (d) If the tenant is absent from the premises for a period of time equal to one-half the time for periodic rental payments.
Section 83.684, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
83.684 Student apartment tenant notification.— (1) For purposes of this section, the term "student apartment" means a public lodging establishment classified under s.
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509.242(1)(d) or (e) as a nontransient apartment or transient apartment, respectively, which has 15 or more dwelling units and in which either:
(a) Sixty percent of the apartment's tenants are enrolled at an accredited college or university;
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hb0577-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB577 2022 (b) The apartment holds itself out to the public as a student apartment.
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(2) When a rental agreement or the renewal of a rental agreement for a student apartment is executed, the landlord of such apartment must:
(a) Notify the tenant in writing whether the landlord requires any of his or her current or potential employees to undergo a background screening and, if so, such notification must also state all of the following:
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The type of background screening performed.
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That the landlord has discretion to make employment decisions, regardless of a current or potential employee's background screening results.
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That state law does not disqualify any current or potential employee from working at a public lodging establishment classified under s.
509.242(1)(d) or (e) as a nontransient apartment or transient apartment, respectively, because of his or her background screening results.
(b) Provide a list to the tenant of every employee or contractor who has access to a master key and such list must be posted in a conspicuous place on the grounds of the student apartment.
Section 4.
Effective January 1, 2023, subsection (5) is added to section 509.211, Florida Statutes, to read:
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hb0577-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB577 2022 (5) The landlord of a student apartment, as defined in s.
83.684(1), must:
(a) Maintain a log that accounts for all of the following:
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The issuance and return of all keys for each dwelling unit.
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The name of, and date and time on which, each employee or contractor who enters each dwelling unit.
(b) Make such log accessible:
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To a law enforcement officer as needed in connection with the performance of his or her duties.
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To a tenant, but only with respect to that tenant's dwelling unit.
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During discovery in a civil action.
(c) Maintain such log for at least 2 years.
Section 5.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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Action History

  1. Died on Second Reading Calendar; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 898 (Ch. 2022-222)

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  4. Bill referred to House Calendar

  5. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)

  6. CS Filed

  7. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  8. Reported out of Commerce Committee

  9. Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee

  10. PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda

  11. Now in Commerce Committee

  12. Referred to Commerce Committee

  13. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

  14. CS Filed

  15. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  16. Reported out of Judiciary Committee

  17. Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee

  18. PCS added to Judiciary Committee agenda

  19. Now in Judiciary Committee

  20. Referred to Commerce Committee

  21. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  22. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  23. CS Filed

  24. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  25. Reported out of Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

  26. Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

  27. PCS added to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee agenda

  28. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  29. Now in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

  30. Referred to Commerce Committee

  31. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  32. Referred to Regulatory Reform Subcommittee

  33. Filed

Sponsors

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5 sponsors · 21 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (21)

Not signed on (138)

138 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable (Commerce Committee)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 7001
Unaffiliated 7005
Democrat 1001
Total 15007
% of votes cast 68%0%0%32%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Clemons — Not Voting
Drake — Yea
Geller — Yea
Grieco — Yea
Hage — Not Voting
Ingoglia — Yea
Latvala — Yea
Rommel — Not Voting
Silvers — Not Voting
Tomkow — Yea
Willhite — Not Voting
Thompson, Geraldine F. "Geri" — Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Not Voting
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
DiCeglie, Nick Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Not Voting
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea

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Favorable (Judiciary Committee)

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9000
Republican 7001
Democrat 4000
Total 20001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Learned — Yea
Roach — Yea
Alexander — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Diamond — Yea
Fernandez-Barquin — Yea
Fetterhoff — Yea
Grieco — Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Grall, Erin Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Not Voting
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea

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Favorable (Regulatory Reform Subcommittee)

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8000
Democrat 4000
Republican 4002
Total 16002
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Beltran — Yea
Goff-Marcil — Yea
Grieco — Yea
Harding — Yea
Mariano — Yea
Omphroy — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Toledo — Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Not Voting
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Not Voting
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety housing
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 577 do?
Tenant Safety; Revises what constitutes reasonable notice for repairs of dwelling units; requires operator of apartments to provide tenant or prospective tenant with certain background screening information; requires operator to provide tenant with list of employees or contractors & post such list on grounds of apartment or apartment's website; requires such operator to maintain, & make accessible to certain persons & during discovery, list that accounts for information for specified time period; requires licensee to provide Division of Hotels & Restaurants with certain information during its annual inspection.
Who sponsors HB 577?
HB 577 is sponsored by Commerce Committee, Judiciary Committee, Regulatory Reform Subcommittee, Bartleman, Robin (Democrat), Arrington, Benjamin, Brown, Casello, Davis, Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. (Democrat), Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" (Democrat), Hawkins, Hunschofsky, Christine (Democrat), Joseph, Dotie (Democrat), Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" (Republican), Morales, Silvers, Slosberg-King, Smith, David (Republican), Stevenson, Thompson, Chaney, Linda (Republican), Campbell, Daryl (Democrat), Plakon, Rachel Saunders (Republican), and Trabulsy, Dana (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 577?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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