SB 362 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Reusable Tenant Screening Reports

Summary
Reusable Tenant Screening Reports; Authorizing a landlord to accept reusable tenant screening reports and require a specified statement; prohibiting a landlord from charging certain fees to an applicant using a reusable tenant screening report, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025
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S 362 Filed S 362 c1 · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was revised from a filed version to a committee substitute version, incorporating changes made by the Judiciary Committee and additional sponsors. The substantive policy content regarding reusable tenant screening reports remains largely the same, with minor formatting and structural adjustments to the definitions and requirements.
TECHNICAL

The bill header information was updated to reflect it is now a Committee Substitute (c1) version, with additional sponsors (Senators Osgood and Garcia) and a different bill number format (590-02610-25 2025362c1).

Minor formatting changes were made throughout the document, including the use of bolding for section headers and subsection letters, and slight rewording of some introductory phrases for consistency.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'Reusable tenant screening report' was reorganized. The requirements for what the report must include (name, contact info, employment verification, address, eviction history, current date) were moved to subsection 1, while the requirements for how the report is prepared and provided (30-day window, direct availability, no cost) were moved to subsection 2 with additional formatting.

REQUIREMENT

A new requirement was added to the definition of 'Reusable tenant screening report' stating that the report must include 'The applicant's consumer report' as a specific component.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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