Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn
Florida Senate Bill 898 (SB 898) – a bill known as “Miya’s Law” that would improve tenant safety in apartment buildings by requiring landlords to conduct a background check on all apartment building employees – has unanimously passed in the House and Senate and now moves to the desk of Governor Rick DeSantis where it awaits signature into law, according to a press release from the website of the Florida Senate.
Under “Miya’s Law,” a landlord of an apartment building must require that employees of the building undergo a background check as a condition of employment performed by a consumer reporting agency (CRA) in accordance with the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The background check must include a screening of criminal history records and sexual predator and sexual offender registries of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Sponsored by State Senator Linda Stewart (Democrat – Orlando) and State Representative Robin Bartleman (Democrat – Weston), “Miya’s Law” would allow a landlord to disqualify a person from employment at their apartment building if the person has been convicted or found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, any of the following offenses:
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