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Concerning self-storage facilities, including acceptances and defaults of rental agreements
Sponsored by the House Commerce Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 25, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 17, 202596–0
- Done: Senate committeeApril 3, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 21, 202545–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2026
- Done: Signed into lawMay 15, 2026
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If you rent a storage unit but do not sign the written agreement within 30 days, you will be considered to have accepted its terms. Storage operators must give you 15 days' notice to move your things if you fall behind on payments or if your lease is not renewed. Additionally, anyone using a storage space to live in will be considered in default immediately.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to leased spaces in self-storage facilities. The bill provides that if a person receives a written rental agreement from a self-storage facility operator and takes possession of or retains the leased space, a person who fails to execute and deliver the written agreement within 30 days shall be deemed to have accepted the terms of the rental agreement.5(5), to remove personal property from the leased space within 15 days. During the 15-day period, the operator may deny or limit the occupant’s access to the leased space to the hours which the office is open at the self-service storage facility if such right is set forth in the rental agreement. 7. The bill provides that an occupant who uses a leased space for residential purposes is immediately in default and the operator may limit the occupant’s access to the leased space to during office hours at the self-service storage facility and proceed in accordance with the Code chapter.
Why it matters. Self-storage facility operators and renters would be affected by new rules regarding rental agreements and property removal. If a renter is in default or their agreement is not renewed, the operator must provide written or electronic notice to remove personal property within a set timeframe. Renters using storage spaces for residential purposes would be considered in immediate default.2
Changed since by amendments H-1261, S-3089, S-3045; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named February 17, 2025 (as HSB 184). On February 20, 2025 it recommended passage.
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