SHB 1070 — Exempting the sale and leaseback of property by a seller from the residential landlord-tenant act when the seller agrees to a written lease at closing.

What this bill does

Exempts from the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act a living arrangement where the buyer and seller of a dwelling unit enter into a written agreement for the seller to occupy the dwelling unit for up to six months after closing of the sale.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 25, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 22, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay

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