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Subcommittee backs fee-disclosure bill but members raise concerns about treble-damages penalty
Housing and Real Property Subcommittee, Economic Matters Committee · February 25, 2026
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Summary
House Bill 80 — requiring landlords to disclose fees and treating certain charges as utilities — was moved out of subcommittee with amendments; several members expressed concern that the bill’s civil damages provision (treble damages and two-year lookback) could be onerous for small landlords.
The Housing and Real Property Subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 80 after adopting amendments clarifying that trash is a utility rather than a fee and removing criminal penalties from the measure.
Committee staff confirmed the bill’s penalty provision permits a court to…
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