Committee sends tenant-portal bill to the floor after unanimous support
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The committee moved SB 1523A to the House floor with a 'do pass' recommendation. The bill requires landlords using tenant portals to offer non-electronic alternatives and limits penalties for tenants using allowable non-electronic methods; roll-call recorded one 'no' vote.
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness voted to report Senate Bill 1523A to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation on Feb. 24.
Staff said SB 1523A requires landlords who use tenant portals to provide a non-electronic alternative on request and prohibits penalties when tenants use allowable non-electronic methods to apply or pay. It also expands which electronic payment processing fees may be passed through to tenants and adjusts habitability requirements relating to tenant access to common areas.
Vice Chair Breeze Iverson moved the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation, and the clerk conducted a roll-call vote. Representative Royce recorded a 'no' vote; Representatives Edwards, Pragala, Gamboa, Helfrich, Levy, Mannix, Diaz, Wise, Wright, Vice Chair Anderson and Vice Chair Breeze Iverson voted 'aye' or 'yes', and the motion passed. Representative Mannix accepted assignment to carry the bill to the floor.
"What I like about this bill is one of those things where we can take a problem, have a solution presented to us, and implement it to help everybody," Representative Mannix said during discussion.