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2007 SESSION
HB 2188 Landlords; notice of termination of lease for substantial rehabilitation of building.
Introduced by: G. Glenn Oder | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Landlord termination of lease for rehabilitation; update of interest on security deposit. Allows a landlord to terminate a lease upon 120 days' notice to tenant for substantial rehabilitation of a building with four or more rental units, regardless of the terms of the lease. The bill also (i) provides that a landlord is liable only for the tenant's actual damages proximately caused by the landlord's failure to exercise ordinary care in maintaining a habitable premises, (ii) authorizes landlords to receive on security deposits an annual interest rate equal to four percentage points below the Federal Reserve Board discount rate, rather than the current one percent, (iii) codifies current practice that a landlord may charge a $50 processing fee for a bad check tendered for rent, and (iv) updates the 2007 interest rate on security deposits.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078250444 pdf
- 02/01/07 House: Printed as engrossed 078250444-E pdf
- 02/15/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 072804444-S1 pdf
- 03/07/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2188ER) pdf
- 04/05/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0634) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 078250444
- 01/09/07 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/12/07 House: Assigned GL sub: #1 Housing (Suit)
- 01/30/07 House: Reported from General Laws with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/07 House: Read first time
- 02/01/07 House: Read second time
- 02/01/07 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/01/07 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2188E
- 02/01/07 House: Printed as engrossed 078250444-E
- 02/02/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/05/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/14/07 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 072804444-S1
- 02/16/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 072804444-S1
- 02/19/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2188S1
- 02/19/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/07 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/07 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2188ER)
- 03/07/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 634 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/05/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0634)