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Council committee issues favorable recommendations on several state bills, holds one for review
Summary
The General Assembly Committee gave favorable recommendations on multiple state bills — including local good-cause eviction, the PATH Act and measures on small-business lending, school pedestrian awareness and insurance coverage for victims of domestic violence — and held a proposed senior tax credit for further review.
The General Assembly Committee on Feb. 17 reviewed a package of state bills and issued favorable recommendations on most items while tabling one for further review.
The committee voted to recommend SB 462 / HB 774 (local good-cause termination for certain landlords) with a recorded roll call of four 'aye' votes. Jordan Bellamy of Bellamy Gen Group summarized the bill's enumerated grounds for nonrenewal and holdover terminations and said the proposal applies to landlords who own six or more rental units statewide.
Members also recommended SB 138 / HB 84 (the PATH Act), which would permit courts to consider domestic violence, coercion and trauma as mitigating factors at…
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