Florida · Senate Bill 716 · 2026 Regular Session

Rental Agreements for Residential Tenancies

SB 716 Sponsored by Shevrin D. "Shev" Jones Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 18, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 7, 2026
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Rental Agreements for Residential Tenancies; Prohibiting the imposition of certain fees, surcharges, and time periods in rental agreements; revising the time period for payment of rent from 3 days to 5 days; prohibiting landlords from imposing any fee or surcharge during such time period, etc.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules · Senate Judiciary
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeDied in Judiciary · Senate Judiciary

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.