Florida House Bill 565 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-03 - Died in Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Removes housing discrimination as cause of action for relief & damages stemming from violations of Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992; revises timeframe & conditions under which aggrieved person may commence civil action to enforce specified rights; authorizes, rather than requires, civil action after alleged discriminatory housing practice; authorizes civil action regardless of whether aggrieved person filed complaint with commission; prohibits aggrieved person from filing specified action in certain circumstances; provides exception.

Housing Discrimination

Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams [D]	Sen. Tracie Davis [D]	Rep. Kimberly Daniels [D]	Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]
Rep. Amy Mercado [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-03	House	Died in Judiciary Committee
2019-05-03	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2019-04-01	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2019-04-01	House	Favorable by Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
2019-03-28	House	On Committee agenda-- Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/01/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
2019-03-26	House	Now in Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
2019-03-25	House	Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
2019-03-21	House	On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
2019-03-05	House	Introduced
2019-02-06	House	Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2019-01-25	House	Filed

S958 (Same As) 2019-05-03 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
S1142 (Similar To) 2019-02-22 - Withdrawn prior to introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
760	07		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	34		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	35		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/565
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/565/BillText/Filed/PDF