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2004 SESSION
HB 153 Landlord and tenant; termination of tenancies, security deposit, purchase of damage insurance.
Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Landlord and tenant law; termination of tenancies; security deposit. Amends the Landlord Tenant Act to make it consistent with the Residential Landlord Tenant Act concerning termination of month-to-month tenancies. The bill clarifies that a landlord may purchase commercial insurance for damage coverage in lieu of all or part of a security deposit and grants the landlord the authority to purchase renter's insurance coverage for a tenant. The bill caps the amount of the security deposit and insurance premiums combined at two months' rent that can be collected from a tenant upfront. The bill also allows a landlord to include a liquidated damage penalty in the rental agreement and sets the cap for that penalty.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/30/03 041725204 pdf
- 02/06/04 House: Committee substitute printed 041793204-H1 pdf
- 03/05/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB153ER) pdf
- 03/17/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0123) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/30/03 041725204
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/04 House: Referred from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/04 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/05/04 House: Reported from General Laws with sub (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 House: Committee substitute printed 041793204-H1
- 02/09/04 House: Read first time
- 02/10/04 House: Read second time
- 02/10/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 041793204-H1
- 02/10/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB153H1
- 02/11/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/12/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/18/04 Senate: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/20/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/23/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/04 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB153ER)
- 03/08/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/08/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 123 (effective 7/1/04)
- 03/17/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0123)