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| Bill | Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits | Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits; Authorizes landlord to offer tenant option to pay fee in lieu of security deposit; provides requirements relating to certain notices, filing of insurance claims, options for paying fee, & written agreements between landlord & tenant to pay fee in lieu of security deposit; prohibits landlord from accepting certain payments; specifies landlords have exclusive discretion whether to offer tenants such option; prohibits landlord from approving or denying application for occupancy based on prospective tenant's choice to pay fee in lieu of security deposit. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2023 | HB 133 | Florida HB 133 (2023) |
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enacted | 2023-181 |
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4 | 52 | 4 | 2023-01-09 | 2023-06-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/de16f469-7e0f-489d-88e8-6ff7717388c2 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/133/ByCategory | 663a33b41d322e7801ac7894a0b7330c6cd86ff307df3a1796b27c0610c02dfe | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 133 (2023) — Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits
Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits; Authorizes landlord to offer tenant option to pay fee in lieu of security deposit; provides requirements relating to certain notices, filing of insurance claims, options for paying fee, & written agreements between landlord & tenant to pay fee in lieu of security deposit; prohibits landlord from accepting certain payments; specifies landlords have exclusive discretion whether to offer tenants such option; prohibits landlord from approving or denying application for occupancy based on prospective tenant's choice to pay fee in lieu of security deposit.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-181.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 133 Filed (filed) — source
- H 133 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 133 e1 (engrossed) — source
- H 133 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third Reading — 31–7 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Civil Justice Subcommittee) — 13–4 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 89–22 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — 16–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Mooney — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-09 Filed
filing - 2023-01-17 Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2023-01-17 Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2023-01-17 Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- 2023-02-02 Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- 2023-02-09 Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-10 Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- 2023-02-10 Now in Judiciary Committee
- 2023-03-07 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing, reading-1 - 2023-03-10 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- 2023-03-14 Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-03-14 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- 2023-03-15 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral - 2023-03-15 CS Filed
filing - 2023-03-15 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1 - 2023-03-16 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2023-03-16 Added to Second Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-13 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-20 Amendment 494379 ruled out of order
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 576651 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 077531 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 916777 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 036617 ruled out of order
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 225077 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 211927 adopted
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 798907 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 560087 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 976903 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 343041 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 363967 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 832771 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 138913 ruled out of order
- 2023-04-20 Amendment 629637 Failed
- 2023-04-20 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2023-04-20 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-20 CS passed as amended; YEAS 89, NAYS 22
passage - 2023-04-20 In Messages
- 2023-04-21 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2023-04-25 Received
enrolled - 2023-04-28 Withdrawn from Rules
withdrawal - 2023-04-28 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2023-04-28 Substituted for CS/SB 494
- 2023-04-28 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2023-04-28 Amendment(s) failed (318830)
- 2023-04-28 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2023-04-28 CS passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 7
passage - 2023-04-28 In Messages
- 2023-04-28 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2023-05-23 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2023-06-02 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2023-06-02 Chapter No. 2023-181
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de16f469-7e0f-489d-88e8-6ff7717388c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).