SB 374 Florida Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Housing Discrimination

Summary
Housing Discrimination; Providing that discriminatory restrictions are unlawful, unenforceable, and declared null and void; removing housing discrimination as a cause of action for certain relief and damages stemming from violations of the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992; revising the conditions under which an aggrieved person may commence a civil action in any appropriate court against a specified respondent to enforce specified rights; authorizing, rather than requiring, a civil action to commence within a specified period after an alleged discriminatory housing practice, etc.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Last action Mar 12, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2020 · House Mar 11, 2020

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
Mar 9, 2020
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Mar 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Referred to Calendar
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 532, 533
upper
Mar 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (270070)
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/05/20, 9:30 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Dec 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
upper
Dec 2, 2019
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 12/09/19, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
upper
Nov 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
upper
Oct 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 11/05/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Oct 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Darryl Rouson
Darryl Rouson
DDemocratic
FL
16