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FL S0374
Bill
AI Summary
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Creates section 712.065 to declare all discriminatory restrictions (based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender, or physical disability) in recorded property titles unlawful, unenforceable, and null and void.
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Allows discriminatory restrictions to be removed from covenants or restrictions by majority vote of a property owners' association board upon request of a parcel owner, without requiring other approval conditions.
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Removes housing discrimination as a cause of action under section 760.07, limiting that section's remedies to discrimination in education, employment, and public accommodations only.
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Authorizes (rather than requires) aggrieved persons to commence civil actions for discriminatory housing practices within 2 years and eliminates the requirement to exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit.
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Prohibits civil actions if an administrative law judge has already commenced a hearing on the record, except that aggrieved persons may still enforce conciliation agreements obtained through the commission.
Legislative Description
Housing Discrimination
Last Action
Chapter No. 2020-164
9/8/2020