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Committee hears bill to require tenant-rights placards, lays it over
Summary
A bill that would require landlords to post plain-language notices of tenant rights and distribute them at move-in was presented to the House Committee on Housing Finance and Policy and laid over for possible inclusion.
Representative Nash moved House File 1902 to the committee and described it as a “common sense” measure to increase tenant awareness of statutory rights. The bill would require the commissioner to publish materials — described in committee as placards and packet language — that landlords would post in common areas and include in tenant move-in materials.
Nash told the committee the proposal comes from “the last 2 and a half years of education in this committee,” and that making the rights more visible would prevent confusion. “I think that this is just a very common sense approach that can cut off questions at the, before they even become questions,” Nash said.
Members asked how the materials would be distributed. Nash said he expects the commissioner to design the graphics and language and “push that out to the landlords and the tenants” so the content is accurate and mapped to existing statute. Committee discussion otherwise focused on general support for improving tenant access to state resources.
No members of the public testified. Representative Nash renewed his motion that House File 1902 be laid over for possible inclusion; the clerk recorded it as laid over. The committee took no final action on the bill at this hearing.
The bill will return to committee at a later date for further consideration.
