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SB 197 Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements, landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Landlord and tenant law; notice requirements; landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation. Changes the landlord and tenant law notice requirements for landlords to accept full or partial rent while continuing to proceed with a court action to obtain an order of possession and subsequent eviction by creating a single notice and removing the requirement for second notice for the time period between entry of an order of possession and prior to eviction. The bill provides that the landlord may accept full or partial payment of rent and still receive an order of possession and proceed with eviction if the landlord states in the written notice to the tenant that any payment of rent, damages, money judgment, award of attorney fees, and court costs would be accepted with reservation and not constitute a waiver of the landlord's right to evict the tenant from the dwelling unit. The bill also provides that if a dwelling unit is a public housing unit or other housing unit subject to regulation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, written notice of acceptance of rent with reservation need not be given to any public agency paying a portion of the rent under the rental agreement. This bill is identical to HB 855.
FULL TEXT
- 01/01/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102102D pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18102102D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107153D-H1 pdf
- 02/26/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB197ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/01/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102102D
- 01/01/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/22/18 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/18 Senate: Read second time
- 01/25/18 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/25/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB197E
- 01/25/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18102102D-E
- 01/26/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/31/18 House: Read first time
- 01/31/18 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/15/18 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107153D-H1
- 02/19/18 House: Read second time
- 02/20/18 House: Read third time
- 02/20/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18107153D-H1
- 02/20/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB197H1
- 02/20/18 House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 02/20/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 02/22/18 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Title replaced 18107153D-H1
- 02/26/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB197ER)
- 02/26/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- 03/02/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- 03/09/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 233 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/09/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0233)