Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1776
       
       
        
       By Senator Torres
       
       
       
       
       
       15-01681-22                                           20221776__
    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. Subsections (5) and (6) of section 83.56,
   13  Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6) and (7),
   14  respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to that section,
   15  to read:
   16         83.56 Termination of rental agreement.—
   17         (5) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the
   18  landlord knows or reasonably should know that the tenant is
   19  pregnant or there are children under 18 years of age living in
   20  the dwelling unit, the landlord must provide the tenant at least
   21  3 months after delivery of a written notice under subsection (2)
   22  or subsection (3) to vacate the premises before bringing an
   23  action for possession of the dwelling unit under s. 83.59.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.