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House committee approves bill requiring self-storage operators to notify tenants when units are known to be compromised
Summary
A House bill will require self-storage operators to notify tenants within five days if an operator has actual knowledge that a leased space was compromised; the operator is not required to inspect units and only must notify if it has actual knowledge.
The House Insurance and Commerce Committee voted to pass House Bill 1994 on Tuesday after a detailed exchange about what triggers a self-storage operator’s duty to notify tenants.
Representative Andrew Collins, sponsor of HB 1994, said the bill responds to incidents in which belongings were strewn in storage‑facility parking lots after break‑ins and tenants were not told. Collins said he negotiated bill language with the Self Storage Association to create a notification duty that “doesn’t put any…
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