Florida Senate - 2025 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 184
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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04/09/2025 01:57 PM .
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Senators Osgood and Gaetz moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 34 and 35
4 insert:
5 Section 1. Section 83.471, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:
7 83.471 Reusable tenant screening reports.—
8 (1) As used in this section, the term:
9 (a)1. “Consumer report” means any written, oral, or other
10 communication of information by a consumer reporting agency
11 bearing on a consumer’s credit worthiness, credit standing,
12 credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal
13 characteristics, or mode of living which is used or expected to
14 be used or collected in whole or in part for the purpose of
15 serving as a factor in establishing the consumer’s eligibility
16 for credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal,
17 family, or household purposes; employment purposes; or any other
18 purpose authorized under 15 U.S.C. s. 1681b.
19 2. Except for the restrictions provided in 15 U.S.C. s.
20 1681a(d)(3), the term “consumer report” does not include:
21 a. Subject to 15 U.S.C. s. 1681s-3, any report containing
22 information solely as to transactions or experiences between the
23 consumer and the person making the report; communication of such
24 information among persons related by common ownership or
25 affiliated by corporate control; or communication of other
26 information among persons related by common ownership or
27 affiliated by corporate control, if it is clearly and
28 conspicuously disclosed to the consumer that the information may
29 be communicated among such persons and the consumer is given the
30 opportunity, before the time that the information is initially
31 communicated, to direct that such information not be
32 communicated among such persons;
33 b. Any authorization or approval of a specific extension of
34 credit directly or indirectly by the issuer of a credit card or
35 similar device;
36 c. Any report in which a person who has been requested by a
37 third party to make a specific extension of credit directly or
38 indirectly to a consumer conveys his or her decision with
39 respect to such request if the third party advises the consumer
40 of the name and address of the person to whom the request was
41 made, and such person makes the disclosures to the consumer
42 required under 15 U.S.C. s. 1681m; or
43 d. A communication described in 15 U.S.C. s. 1681a(o) or 15
44 U.S.C. s. 1681a(x).
45 (b) “Consumer reporting agency” means any person who, for
46 monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis,
47 regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of
48 assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other
49 information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer
50 reports to third parties, and who uses any means or facility of
51 interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing
52 consumer reports.
53 (c) “Reusable tenant screening report” means a report that:
54 1. Includes all of the following:
55 a. The applicant’s full name.
56 b. The applicant’s contact information, including mailing
57 address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
58 c. Verification of the applicant’s employment.
59 d. The applicant’s last known address.
60 e. The results of an eviction history check in a manner and
61 for a period of time consistent with applicable law related to
62 the consideration of eviction history in housing.
63 f. The date through which the information contained in the
64 report is current.
65 g. The applicant’s consumer report.
66 2.a. Is prepared within the previous 30 days by a consumer
67 reporting agency at the request and expense of an applicant.
68 b. Is made directly available to a landlord for use in the
69 rental application process or is provided through a third-party
70 website that regularly engages in the business of providing a
71 reusable tenant screening report and complies with all state and
72 federal laws pertaining to use and disclosure of information
73 contained in a consumer report by a consumer reporting agency.
74 c. Is available to the landlord at no cost to access or
75 use.
76 (2) A landlord may accept reusable tenant screening reports
77 and may require an applicant to state that there has not been a
78 material change to the information in the reusable tenant
79 screening report.
80 (3) If an applicant provides a reusable tenant screening
81 report to a landlord who accepts such reports, the landlord may
82 not charge the applicant a fee to access the report or an
83 application screening fee.
84 (4) This section does not:
85 (a) Affect any other applicable law related to the
86 consideration of criminal history information in housing,
87 including, but not limited to, local ordinances governing the
88 information that landlords may review and consider when
89 determining to whom they will rent; or
90 (b) Require a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening
91 reports.
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94 And the title is amended as follows:
95 Delete line 2
96 and insert:
97 An act relating to housing; creating s. 83.471, F.S.;
98 defining terms; authorizing a landlord to accept
99 reusable tenant screening reports and require a
100 specified statement; prohibiting a landlord from
101 charging certain fees to an applicant using a reusable
102 tenant screening report; providing construction;
103 amending s.