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Permitting landlords to use security deposits to satisfy delinquent utility accounts
Sponsored by the House Commerce Committee
Topics:Housing & property
Same legislation: HF 658
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 23, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 24, 2021
- Done: House committeeMarch 3, 2021
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 If a tenant leaves behind unpaid utility bills that they were supposed to pay, a landlord can take that money out of the security deposit. This change allows landlords to use those funds to cover the cost of the overdue accounts.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that a landlord may withhold from a tenant’s security deposit amounts as reasonably necessary to pay for delinquent utility accounts the tenant was responsible to pay during the tenancy.
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