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Committee advances bill requiring landlords to provide non-phone access methods and working locks

3161612 · April 30, 2025
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Summary

The Senate Committee on Housing and Development recommended House Bill 3378 be sent to the floor. The bill would require landlords to offer an alternate method of accessing a dwelling unit (fob, key card, physical key) rather than relying solely on tenant-owned phones and to provide functioning entrance locks and window latches.

The Senate Committee on Housing and Development voted to advance House Bill 3378 to the floor with a "do pass" recommendation during a work session on Aug. 30.

Committee staff summarized the measure as requiring residential landlords to offer an alternate method of accessing a dwelling unit — such as an access code, fob, key card, or a physical…

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