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Senate committee agrees to print bill limiting rental application fees to two households at a time
Summary
Senator Ali Rabie introduced RS31865C2 to restrict landlords to running background checks and charging application fees for two households at a time and to require fees be related to actual screening costs; the committee voted to print the RS for a future merits hearing.
Senator Ali Rabie introduced draft legislation (RS31865C2) to the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee that would limit landlords to charging application fees and running background checks for up to two households at a time and require any application fee to be tied to the landlord’s actual screening costs. The committee voted to send the RS to print for a future merits hearing.
Rabie told the committee the measure arose from constituent cases in which renters applied to many units and paid repeated fees. “By the time they got to the next month, they had submitted over 20…
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