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SB 377 Landlord and tenant law; tenant remedies.
Introduced by: Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Landlord and tenant law; tenant remedies. Provides that a general district court may (i) terminate a lease upon the request of the tenant or (ii) order the dwelling unit surrendered to the landlord if the landlord prevails on a request for possession in an unlawful detainer action. Under current law, the court may decide to terminate the lease without a request for termination by the tenant. The bill contains technical amendments and is identical to HB 1209.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101054D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104404D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB377ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101054D
- 01/11/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/16 Senate: Rereferred from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/16 Senate: Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
- 01/25/16 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104404D-S1
- 01/27/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/16 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16104404D-S1
- 01/28/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB377S1
- 01/29/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/16 House: Read first time
- 02/03/16 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/17/16 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/23/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/16 House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 House: Read second time
- 03/04/16 House: Read third time
- 03/04/16 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB377ER)
- 03/07/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/11/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 459 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/23/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)