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Committee advances bill to limit how far back landlords can consider drug-distribution convictions
Summary
The House Housing & Community Development Committee voted to report House Bill 14 92 as amended after adopting an amendment that limits criminal-history lookbacks for drug-distribution convictions to seven years and exempts small landlords.
The House Housing & Community Development Committee on Wednesday voted to report House Bill 14 92 as amended, advancing a proposal that would limit how far landlords may consider prior drug-distribution convictions when screening rental applicants.
The bill, as amended, would cap the “look-back” period for drug-distribution convictions at seven years, reduce penalties for a first-time violation, change enforcement provisions and exempt housing providers that own 10 or fewer rental dwelling units, supporters said. The committee adopted amendment 01729 before voting to report the bill; the amendment passed 25–1 and the bill was reported out, as amended, by a 14–12 vote.
Representative Siegel, the…
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