Miya's Law one step closer to reality, tightening apartment security measures - WESH 2 Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. —
The law named after the 19-year-old Valence College student who was killed by a maintenance man at her apartment complex has passed through its first committee reference.
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Miya’s Law, named after Miya Marcano, looks to improve tenant safety by tightening apartment security measures through required background screenings of employees.
“I am thrilled with the committee’s decision. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their homes, and yesterday’s unanimous vote brings us a step closer to establishing important protections for all renters,” Orlando Sen. Linda Stewart said.
The bill would require the screening to include a national screening of criminal history records and sexual predator and offender registries.
If the law passes, it will require apartments to keep a list of anyone with access to its master keys and increase the notice that staff has to give residents before they can come into their apartment to 24 hours instead of 12.
Investigators believe Arden Villas maintenance man Armando Caballero used a master key fob to get into Marcano’s apartment before she was kidnapped and killed.
"The only way that Armando was able to get into Miya’s apartment was through the unfettered access that he had that was given to him by the Arden Villas," the Marcano family attorney Daryl K. Washington said in October.
After the bill passed through the committee, Washington added, “This is indeed an important first step towards making apartment living much safer for tenants. We truly wish it did not take the death of Miya to highlight the safety issues that tenants are often confronted with.”
“My entire family watched the Senate Committee meeting and was overcome with emotion. Our main focus is the protection of others and to ensure that no one will have to go through what we as a family are going through,” Marcano’s father Marlon Marcano said.
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