MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A bill known as ‘Miya’s Law’ has passed in the Florida Senate.
The law requires landlords of nontransient or transient apartments to require employees to undergo background screenings as a condition of employment.
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Miya Marcano was a 19-year-old sophomore at Orlando’s Valencia College and a graduate of Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines.
She disappeared in September, the night she was supposed to fly to South Florida to visit family.
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Her suspected killer was a co-worker at her apartment complex who was interested in her romantically.
He was found dead a few days after she went missing from an apparent suicide.
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Officials think he used a master key to enter her apartment.
