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Senate committee adopts amendment shortening landlord sale-notice period for fixed‑term tenancies
Summary
The Senate Committee on Housing and Development adopted a dash‑1 amendment to Senate Bill 586 that would shorten the required notice a landlord must give tenants on fixed‑term tenancies when selling a dwelling unit to an owner‑occupant, and voted to send the bill to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
The Senate Committee on Housing and Development on March 19 adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 586 and voted to send the measure to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
The adopted dash‑1 amendment would reduce the notice a landlord must give a tenant on a fixed‑term tenancy when selling the dwelling unit to a buyer who intends to reside there. Under the amendment, with written proof of an offer, the required notice would be 60 days instead of the bill's base‑text reduction to 45 days from the current 90. If a landlord elects to give 60 days' notice instead of 90, they must compensate the tenant with a payment equal to one month's rent.
The committee adopted the dash‑1 amendment by voice and then took a roll‑call vote on the motion to send SB 586 as amended to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. The clerk recorded the following votes: Senator Broadband — Aye; Senator Nash — Aye; Vice Chair Anderson — Aye; Chair Binns — Aye. Senator Patterson was excused. The motion passed and Vice Chair Anderson volunteered to carry the bill to the floor.
No further discussion was recorded after the roll call. The committee chair closed the work session on SB 586 and moved on to the next agenda item.
Votes at a glance: Senate Bill 586 (as amended) — committee vote to recommend passage to the floor: Aye 4, No 0, Abstain 0, Excused 1. The clerk called the roll and the motion passed.
Context and next steps: The amendment and the committee's due‑pass recommendation send the bill to the Senate floor for further consideration and any additional amendments there. The committee record shows the amendment was adopted in committee; the bill sponsor/carrier for the floor will be Vice Chair Anderson.
