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Relating to the authority of counties and cities to regulate rental housing, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Local Government Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 20, 2020
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 3, 202030–17
- Done: House committeeJune 4, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Local governments will no longer be allowed to pass rules that force landlords to accept people using federal housing vouchers. This change means cities and counties cannot stop a property owner from refusing to rent to someone because they use a housing voucher. Any existing local laws that require landlords to accept these vouchers will become invalid.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the authority of counties and cities to regulate rental housing. The bill prohibits a county or city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance or regulation that prohibits a person who has the right to lease, sublease, or rent out a dwelling unit from refusing to lease or rent out the dwelling unit to a person because of the person’s use of a federal housing choice voucher issued by the United States department of housing and urban development. Such an ordinance or regulation adopted prior to the effective date of the bill is void and unenforceable on and after the effective date of the bill. For purposes of the bill, “dwelling unit” means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place.
House subcommittee
Named March 10, 2020. On March 12, 2020 it recommended passage.
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