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Conference committee narrows eviction-expungement bill, defers habitability measure for separate hearing
Summary
Lawmakers in a conference committee on House Bill 2357 agreed to technical fixes to clarify eviction-expungement rules (replace “obligation” with “judgment”), to reinstate statutory language that courts shall consider mediation between landlord and tenant, and to set the billto take effect July 1; senators asked that Senate Bill 415 be taken up separately next year.
A conference committee meeting on House Bill 2357 moved lawmakers to narrow and clarify the billso it explicitly protects the enforceability of monetary judgments while creating a process to expunge certain eviction records.
Jason, the committee reviser, summarized the bill as creating a path to expunge eviction records arising under the Residential Landlord Tenant Act. "You'd have to wait 3 years from the satisfaction of your judgment to seek those eviction expungements unless you get the consent of both parties," he said, and he noted the House and Senate versions differ on mediation: "The court shall consider mediation under the House version. The court may consider mediation under the Senate version."
The bill as discussed would allow someone with an eviction tied to a tenancy governed by the Residential Landlord Tenant Act to petition to have that eviction expunged from the eviction docket once time and any statutory…
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