Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to property law, including mobile homes and manufactured housing, rental agreements, landlord and tenant remedies for retaliation, wrongful failure to provide essential services, rent increases, the sale of manufactured home community or mobile home park, the repeal of the manufactured home community and mobile home tax, forcible entry and detainer actions, abandoned mobile homes, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House Judiciary (successor To Hf 442) Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawHousing & propertyTaxes
Same legislation: HF 442, SF 403, HF 833, SSB 3151, HF 2562, SF 2379
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 9, 2021
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2562
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2562 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2562 What’s a funnel?
What changed before it passed The bill as introduced compared with the version both chambers passed.
Amendments · 8
3 adopted · 2 failed · 1 never voted on. Newest first.
- S-5137Strike everything · filed April 19, 2022 by Sen. Zach Wahls (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)Ruled out of orderAI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill with a new version that limits the reasons a landlord can end a tenancy and increases the time allowed for a tenant to file a complaint to prove retaliation from six months to one year. It also establishes that violating mobile home park rules is considered consumer fraud, requires 180 days' notice for rent increases, and mandates that rent cannot be increased more than once a year. Additionally, it adds new procedures for handling legal actions regarding abandoned mobile homes and lienholders. Its wording →April 19, 2022
- S-5136 · filed April 19, 2022 by Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D)FailedAI summary This amendment changes the required notice period for ending a rental agreement from sixty days to ninety days. It also specifies that rental agreements are for one year unless the tenant requests a shorter term in writing or both parties agree to a longer term in writing. Its wording →April 19, 2022
- S-5135 · filed April 19, 2022 by Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D)FailedAI summary This amendment changes the rule so that if a utility provider gives notice, the landlord must give notice to the tenant within five business days of receiving it. Its wording →April 19, 2022
- S-5134Strike everything · filed April 19, 2022 by Sen. Zach Wahls (D)Ruled out of orderAI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and sets new limits on late fees based on how much the monthly rent is. It also requires landlords to give at least 180 days' notice before increasing rent and requires 60 days' written notice to cancel a rental agreement. Its wording →April 19, 2022
- S-5131Strike everything · filed April 19, 2022 by Sen. Amy Sinclair (R)AdoptedAI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and changes several rules for mobile home park tenants and landlords. It increases the time for a tenant to claim retaliation from six months to one year, increases the notice required for canceling rental agreements and rent increases from sixty to ninety days, and adds new rules regarding utility charges and the failure to provide essential services. It also establishes new requirements for landlords selling mobile homes and ensures that new owners of a park must follow the same legal obligations as the previous landlord. Its wording →April 19, 2022
- H-8310 · filed March 31, 2022 byAdoptedAI summary This amendment changes the requirement for stopping a mobile home's use, stating that a replacement home must substantially increase the risk to life or property to justify a discontinuance. Its wording →April 5, 2022
- H-8309 · filed March 30, 2022 byAdoptedAI summary This amendment removes the part of the bill that repeals the manufactured home community and mobile home tax. It also changes the rules for how local governments regulate the replacement of homes in mobile home parks to ensure that new homes or site-built homes do not face new restrictions that would prevent the continued use of the property. Its wording →60–37April 5, 2022
- Never voted on