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Senate advances Fit Premises Act with amendment adding dangerous-condition timelines and domestic-violence provisions
Summary
After extended floor debate and negotiated changes, the Senate adopted Amendment No. 3 to First Substitute Senate Bill 45 (Fit Premises Act), adding a 24-hour remedial-action requirement for ‘dangerous conditions’ and new language addressing domestic-violence situations; the amended bill was placed for third reading.
The Utah Senate on Day 28 adopted a key amendment to First Substitute Senate Bill 45, known as the Fit Premises Act amendments, after extended floor debate that focused on tenant protections, municipal authority and new domestic-violence language.
Amendment No. 3, presented by Senator Mike McAdams, distinguishes “dangerous conditions” from lesser “deficient conditions” and requires that “an owner shall within 24 hours of receiving a notice of a dangerous condition, commence remedial action and diligently pursue remedial action to completion,” language McAdams read for the body. Proponents described the amendment as a negotiated compromise between stakeholders including…
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