EHB 1217 — Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.

What this bill does

Limits rent and fee increases to 7 percent during any 12-month period and prohibits rent and fee increases during the first 12 months of a tenancy for tenants subject to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act and the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act, regardless of the length or type of lease, with certain exemptions. Provides certain other protections for tenants, such as rent and fee increase notice requirements; tenant lease termination provisions; and limits on move-in fees, security deposits, and late fees. Provides remedies and enforcement mechanisms for violations of the bill, including Attorney General enforcement under the Consumer Protection Act and a private cause of action for damages. Requires the Department of Commerce to create an online landlord resource center and to contract with an independent third party to carry out a social vulnerability assessment of the impacts of rent stabilization. Requires the Attorney General to publish model lease provisions regarding rent and fee increases.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 10, 2025
  53 yea · 42 nay · 3 not voting
• House — Concur in Senate Amendment(s) · April 23, 2025
  48 yea · 50 nay
• House — Grant Conference · April 25, 2025
  58 yea · 40 nay
• House — Adoption as Recommended by the Conference Committee · April 27, 2025
  55 yea · 42 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee · April 27, 2025
  54 yea · 44 nay
• House — Motion to Immediately Transmit to Senate · April 27, 2025
  59 yea · 39 nay
• Senate — Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee · April 27, 2025
  27 yea · 20 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 10, 2025
  29 yea · 20 nay
• Senate — 345 Shewmake Pg 1 Ln 13 · April 10, 2025
  25 yea · 24 nay
• Senate — 312 Liias Pg 4 Ln 6 · April 10, 2025
  25 yea · 24 nay
• Senate — 353 Cleveland Pg 21 Ln 8 · April 10, 2025
  23 yea · 26 nay

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