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CS/CS/SB 884: Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Judiciary ; Boyd

Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits; Authorizing a landlord to offer a tenant the option to pay a fee in lieu of a security deposit; requiring the landlord to provide certain written notice to the tenant; requiring a written agreement signed by the landlord, or the landlord’s agent, and the tenant if the tenant decides to pay a fee in lieu of the security deposit; specifying that landlords have exclusive discretion as to whether to offer tenants the option to pay a fee in lieu of a security deposit, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
 Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Rules
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/8/2021 Senate • Filed
11/30/2021 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 59
1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 59
1/13/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/18/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
1/18/2022 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 -SJ 210
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/19/2022 Senate • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 211
1/20/2022 Senate • Now in Community Affairs
1/28/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/02/22, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
2/2/2022 Senate • CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 -SJ 334
2/4/2022 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules
2/9/2022 Senate • CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 348
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Rules