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SB 1852: Landlords and Tenants

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez

Landlords and Tenants; Revising the definition of the term “tenant”; providing requirements for rental agreements; requiring landlords to provide certain information with rental agreements; prohibiting a landlord from evicting a tenant or terminating a rental agreement because the tenant or the tenant’s minor child is a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Innovation, Industry, and Technology (IT)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/13/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/17/2020 Senate • Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 180
    1/22/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 180
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology

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  • SB 1852, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/13/2020 at 8:24 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1449 Residential Tenancies Smith Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee Track This Bill
    H 6069 Landlords and Tenants Eskamani Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee Track This Bill
    S 1528 Landlords and Tenants Torres Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (12)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    83.43 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf)
    83.455 Page 3 (pdf)
    83.46 Rent; duration of tenancies. Page 4 (pdf)
    83.47 Prohibited provisions in rental agreements. Page 4 (pdf)
    83.49 Deposit money or advance rent; duty of landlord and tenant. Page 5 (pdf)
    83.51 Landlord’s obligation to maintain premises. Page 10 (pdf)
    83.54 Enforcement of rights and duties; civil action; criminal offenses. Page 10 (pdf)
    83.56 Termination of rental agreement. Page 11 (pdf)
    83.60 Defenses to action for rent or possession; procedure. Page 16 (pdf)
    83.67 Prohibited practices. Page 17 (pdf)
    83.675 Page 21 (pdf)
    83.676 Page 22 (pdf)

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