Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to city utilities including tenant notification
Topics:Housing & propertyCities & counties
Same legislation: SF 2438
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2026
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2026
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 2438
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 2438 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 2438 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Currently, a landlord can protect their property from utility liens by notifying the city that a tenant is responsible for the bills. This bill allows tenants to provide that notice themselves if the landlord has a valid rental license. This change helps ensure the property is exempt from utility liens when a tenant takes over or stops being responsible for the charges.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, when a landlord has given written notice to the city utility or enterprise that a property is residential rental property and that the tenant is liable for the rates or charges for certain utilities, the property is exempt from a lien for delinquent rates or charges associated with the utility. This bill includes as acceptable written notice a tenant’s notification to the city utility or enterprise of the tenant’s responsibility or the cessation of the tenant’s responsibility for utility charges when a landlord has an active rental license for a property.
Changed since by amendment S-5066; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 10, 2026. On February 16, 2026 it recommended passage.
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