Florida House Bill 125 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-02 - Introduced, referred to Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC); Policy Council; Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council -HJ 00019; On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 01/12/10, 10:00 am, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred; On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 03/01/10, 2:15 pm, Reed Hall; Unfavorable by Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), laid on Table; YEAS 2 NAYS 9 -HJ 00207
Pending: House Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires lenders to notify tenants or lessees of potential foreclosure or short-sale actions against rental property; requires lenders to provide tenants or lessees first right of refusal to purchase property at fair market value; specifies eligibility requirements to exercise such right; requires lenders to use escrow funds for specified purposes, etc.

Rental Property Foreclosure or Short-sale Actions

Rep. Hazelle Rogers [D]

Sen. Darren Soto [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-02		Introduced, referred to Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC); Policy Council; Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council -HJ 00019; On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 01/12/10, 10:00 am, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred; On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 03/01/10, 2:15 pm, Reed Hall; Unfavorable by Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), laid on Table; YEAS 2 NAYS 9 -HJ 00207
2010-03-01		Unfavorable by Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), laid on Table; YEAS 2 NAYS 9
2010-02-22		On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 03/01/10, 2:15 pm, Reed Hall
2010-01-05		On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 01/12/10, 10:00 am, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred
2009-10-12		Referred to Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); Insurance, Business, & Financial Affairs Policy (GGPC); Policy Council; Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council
2009-09-17		Filed

S0854 (Similar To) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&SubMenu=1&Tab=session&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=0125&Chamber=House&Year=2010
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=hb012500.html&Directory=session/2010/House/bills/billtext/html/