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Senate committee advances two landlord‑tenant bills to the floor
Summary
On May 19 the Senate Committee on Housing and Development moved House Bill 35‑21 A (limits timing of hold deposits) and House Bill 35‑22 A (24‑hour notice to remove squatters) to the floor with due‑pass recommendations; both motions passed in committee and sponsors agreed to carry the bills to the floor.
The Senate Committee on Housing and Development on May 19 held work sessions and advanced two short landlord‑tenant bills to the Senate floor.
Vice Chair Anderson moved that House Bill 35‑21 A be engrossed and sent to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation. The clerk called the roll and the motion passed. Chair Pham then asked Senator Patterson to carry the bill; Patterson agreed.
The committee then considered House Bill 35‑22 A. Committee staff summarized the bill: it would allow an owner or landlord to evict a person the bill characterizes as a squatter after providing 24 hours’ written notice, and staff said the measure has minimal fiscal impact and no revenue impact. Vice Chair Anderson moved HB 35‑22 A engrossed to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. The clerk called the roll and the motion passed; Senator Anderson agreed to carry the bill to the floor.
Both work sessions closed with unanimous committee approval as recorded; no substantive floor debate was held in committee during the work sessions.
Why it matters: HB 35‑21 A and HB 35‑22 A would change how and when landlords collect hold deposits and how property owners may remove unauthorized occupants, respectively. The committee acted to advance both bills to the full Senate with due‑pass recommendations.
