Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 382
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/25/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Bernard) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 83.46,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         83.46 Rent; duration of tenancies.—
    8         (4)(a) As used in this subsection, the term “affordable”
    9  has the same meaning as in s. 420.0004(3).
   10         (b) A person who is a landlord of a dwelling unit that
   11  qualifies as affordable housing and who has received federal,
   12  state, or local funding or tax incentives because of the
   13  dwelling unit’s status as an affordable housing unit may not
   14  increase the rent of the dwelling unit during the term of a
   15  rental agreement.
   16         (c) This subsection does not prohibit a landlord from
   17  increasing the rent of a dwelling unit that qualifies as
   18  affordable housing when a tenant is renewing his or her rental
   19  agreement.
   20         (d) This subsection applies to rental agreements that have
   21  a term of 13 months or less and are entered into on or after
   22  July 1, 2026.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   28  and insert:
   29                        A bill to be entitled                      
   30         An act relating to rent of affordable housing dwelling
   31         units; amending s. 83.46, F.S.; defining the term
   32         “affordable”; prohibiting certain landlords of
   33         specified dwelling units from increasing rent during
   34         the term of a rental agreement; providing
   35         construction; providing applicability; providing an
   36         effective date.