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Senate adopts House changes to anti-squatting and property-recovery bills
Summary
The Senate concurred with House amendments to bills aimed at expediting property recovery from unauthorized occupants, adopting changes on notice delivery, identification for off-duty officers, venue transfer, and limiting expedited summary disposition to forcible entry and detainer (squatting) cases.
Senator Bettencourt moved that the Senate concur with House amendments to Senate Bill 38, calling the measure an "anti-squatting bill." The debate described multiple House floor amendments that revised notice procedures and limited expedited processes.
Key adopted changes to SB 38 include requiring that notices to pay rent or vacate and notices to vacate left on premises be placed in a conspicuous location; hand-delivered notices must be delivered to someone on the premises at least 16 years old; and…
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