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SSB 1053
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 4, 2019
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 26, 201948–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 28, 201964–33
- Stopped: To the GovernorDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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
Current law caps late fees on rental agreements in which rent is greater than $700 per month at $20 per day and $100 per month. Current law also allows an aggrieved party to recover actual damages in certain situations when a prohibited provision is willingly or knowingly used in a rental agreement. This bill allows a rental agreement to provide for late fees not to exceed $20 per day and $100 per month for rental agreements in which rent is greater than $700 per month but not more than $1,400 per month.
Read the full explanation
When rent exceeds $1,400 per month, a rental agreement may provide for late fees of no more than $30 per day and $150 per month. Furthermore, if a landlord seeks to enforce or accepts a tenant’s voluntary compliance with a prohibited provision, the court may award the tenant an amount not to exceed three months’ periodic rent and reasonable attorney fees.
Changed since by amendments S-3245, S-3156; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 29, 2019. On February 21, 2019 it recommended passage.
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Lobbying
7 for · 4 against · 7 undecided · Who →
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