Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1500
       
       
        
       By Senator Davis
       
       
       
       
       
       5-01818-25                                            20251500__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to vacating premises after rental
    3         agreement termination; amending s. 83.56, F.S.;
    4         requiring landlords to provide certain tenants a
    5         specified amount of time to vacate the premises after
    6         delivery of a notice to terminate the rental agreement
    7         before bringing a specified action; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Present subsection (6) of section 83.56, Florida
   13  Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (7), and a new
   14  subsection (6) is added to that section, to read:
   15         83.56 Termination of rental agreement.—
   16         (6) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the
   17  landlord knows or reasonably should know that the tenant is
   18  pregnant or there are children under 18 years of age living in
   19  the dwelling unit, the landlord must provide the tenant at least
   20  3 months after delivery of a written notice under subsection (2)
   21  or subsection (3) to vacate the premises before bringing an
   22  action for possession of the dwelling unit under s. 83.59.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.