Florida Senate Bill 142

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibiting a landlord from terminating a rental agreement or evicting a tenant because the tenant or the tenant's minor child is a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; authorizing a victim of such actual or threatened violence or stalking to terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances; providing for liability for rent for both the tenant and the perpetrator, if applicable; specifying that a tenant does not forfeit certain money paid to the landlord for terminating the rental agreement under certain circumstances, etc.

Termination of a Rental Agreement by a Victim of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, or Stalking

Sen. LaVon Bracy Davis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2025-10-21	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Regulated Industries; Rules
2025-10-08	Senate	Filed

H107 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
83	676		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/142
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/142/BillText/Filed/HTML