Amendment H-1076 to HF 700
Concerning radon testing in rental properties
Never voted on
Filed March 13, 2025 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment changes the rules for single-family homes and duplexes to require testing every two years and requires landlords to share those results with new tenants. It also adds new requirements for landlords of buildings with more than two units to conduct testing every two years and follow specific timelines for mitigation and retesting. Additionally, it shortens the time a tenant has to end a lease, requires lease terminations to be in writing, and specifies that deposits must be returned unless there is demonstrable damage to the unit.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, line 5, by striking “in the dwelling unit” and inserting “once every two years for a single-family residence or individual unit of a duplex”
- Page 1, by striking line 8 and inserting “written copy of the those test results within twenty-one days of receiving such results. If a new tenant takes possession during the two-year time frame, the landlord shall notify the new tenant of the prior radon test results.”
- Page 1, line 10, after “chapter 136B” by inserting “within thirty days of receiving the radon test results from the tenant”
- Page 1, line 17, after “chapter 136B” by inserting “within sixty days of receiving the test results”
- Page 1, line 18, after “retested” by inserting “within thirty days following the completion of the system installation”
- Page 1, lines 20 and 21, by striking “from the day the tenant provided notification of elevated radon levels to the landlord”
- Page 1, line 22, by striking “ninety-day” and inserting “sixty-day”
- Page 1, line 28, after “lease” by inserting “in writing”
- Page 1, line 29, after “deposit” by inserting “, provided there is no demonstrable damage to the dwelling unit,”
- Page 1, line 31, after “lease” by inserting “and the date the termination shall be effective”
- Page 1, after line 34 by inserting: “d. For properties with more than two dwelling units, the landlord shall have a radon test conducted on the property at least once every two years and shall provide the tenants a written copy of those test results. If the results of the test show a radon level equal to or greater than four picocuries per liter, the landlord may have a confirmatory radon test conducted by a person certified in accordance with chapter 136B within thirty days of receiving the initial radon test result. If the confirmatory test result is equal to or greater than four picocuries per liter, or if the landlord chooses not to have a confirmatory test conducted, the landlord shall have a radon mitigation system installed in the building by a person certified in accordance with chapter 136B within sixty days of receiving the test results. Once a radon mitigation system has been installed, the landlord shall have the building retested within thirty days following the completion of the system installation and the landlord shall provide the tenant a written copy of those new test results within ninety days.”
- Page 1, line 35, by striking “d.” and inserting “e.”