MBA State Policy Issues for Commercial/Multifamily
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MBA works to respond to state legislative and regulatory proposals that affect commercial and multifamily MBA members and to supports effort to remove barriers to real estate development. In addition, MBA tracks state policy developments and provides analysis of state legislative and regulatory developments to members.
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State CREF Legislative Activity
As MBA continues to track legislation for its members, the report below provides a focused list of legislation with movement in the last month. This is not an exhaustive list of legislation MBA is tracking, but a curated report to highlight movement on important CREF policies in the states. Please use the links provided in the report for the full legislative text and history of each legislation.
If any Commercial Real Estate Finance legislation activity is missing or if you see an issue MBA and it's State Partners should be aware of, please reach out to Liz Facemire ([email protected]).
April 2024:
| State | Bill Number | Categories | Summary | Status | Progress |
| Alabama | SB 9 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: Vacant/Abandoned Property | S.B.9: Class 1 Municipalities, enforcement of state regulations and municipal code liens, judicial in rem foreclosure, court-ordered sale of property, recovery of unpaid liens and cost of enforcement, not applicable to owner-occupied real property. | 03/06/2024 - Reported Out of Committee In House of Origin; Read Second Time In House of Origin | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Alaska | HB 262 | Rent Control and Stabilization | "An Act relating to increases in rent for dwelling units; and providing for an effective date." | 03/01/2024 - (H) Labor &Amp; Commerce At 03:15 Pm Barnes 124; (H) Heard &Amp; Held -- Delayed To 4:15 Pm -- | Introduced or prefiled |
| Arizona | HB 2297 | Adaptive Reuse | H.B.2297: commercial buildings; adaptive reuse | 04/01/2024 - Third Reading - PASSED; Transmit to House | Passed both chambers |
| Arizona | HB 2518 | Zoning Laws | H.B.2518: municipalities; housing needs assessment; zoning | 03/11/2024 - Senate Second Read | Passed first chamber |
| Arizona | SB 1431 | Foreclosure: Notices, Process/Administration | S.B.1431: right to redeem; foreclosure; sale | 04/01/2024 - Committee of the Whole - DPA | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Arizona | SB 1506 | Adaptive Reuse | S.B.1506: municipalities; housing; commercial redevelopment; zoning | 04/01/2024 - Committee of the Whole - Do Pass Amended | Passed committee in second chamber |
| California | AB 2023 | Zoning Laws | A.B.2023: Housing element: inventory of land: rebuttable presumptions. | 04/01/2024 - Re-referred to Committee on Housing and Community Development | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 2278 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.B.2278: Rent increases: percentage change in the cost of living: Department of Housing and Community Development. | 04/01/2024 - Re-referred to Committee on Appropriations | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 2488 | Adaptive Reuse | A.B.2488: Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts. | 03/19/2024 - Re-referred to Committee on Local Government | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 2560 | Zoning Laws | A.B.2560: Density Bonus Law: California Coastal Act of 1976. | 04/10/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development at 09:00 AM PDT; Location: State Capitol, Room 126 | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 2909 | Adaptive Reuse | A.B.2909: Historical property contracts: qualified historical property: adaptive reuse. | 04/10/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Assembly Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM PDT; Location: State Capitol, Room 447 | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 2910 | Adaptive Reuse | A.B.2910: State Housing Law: local regulations: conversion of commercial or industrial buildings. | 03/20/2024 - Re-referred to Committee on Housing and Community Development | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 2926 | Zoning Laws | A.B.2926: Planning and zoning: assisted housing developments: notice of expiration of affordability restrictions. | 03/11/2024 - Referred to Committee on Housing and Community Development | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 3057 | Zoning Laws | A.B.3057: California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: junior accessory dwelling units ordinances. | 04/08/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Assembly Committee on Natural Resources at 2:30 PM PDT; Location: State Capitol, Room 447 | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 3068 | Adaptive Reuse | A.B.3068: Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives. | 03/11/2024 - Referred to Committees on Committee on Housing and Community Development and Local Government | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 3116 | Zoning Laws | A.B.3116: Housing development: density bonuses: student housing developments. | 03/11/2024 - Referred to Committees on Housing & Community Development and Local Government | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 3122 | Zoning Laws | A.B.3122: Streamlined housing approvals: objective planning standards. | 03/21/2024 - Referred to Committees on Committee on Housing and Community Development and Local Government | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 3126 | Zoning Laws | A.B.3126: Department of Transportation: state highway property: information requests. | 04/01/2024 - Re-referred to Committee on Transportation | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | AB 3210 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | A.B.3210: Affordable Housing on K-12 Lands Act of 2024. | 04/01/2024 - Re-referred to Committee on Housing and Community Development | Introduced or prefiled |
| California | SB 1050 | ESG - Mortgage | S.B.1050: California American Freedmen Affairs Agency: racially motivated eminent domain. | 03/13/2024 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary | Introduced or prefiled |
| Colorado | HB 1098 | Tenancy Termination | HB24-1098: Cause Required for Eviction of Residential Tenant | 03/28/2024 - House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass | Passed both chambers |
| Colorado | HB 1259 | Rent Control and Stabilization | HB24-1259: Price Gouging in Rent Declared Disaster | 03/29/2024 - Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Colorado | HB 1313 | Zoning Laws | HB24-1313: Housing in Transit-Oriented Communities | 03/25/2024 - House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Connecticut | HB 5342 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | To establish a limitation period for certain mortgage foreclosure actions. | 03/27/2024 - Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office; Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House; House Calendar Number 129; File Number 150 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Connecticut | HB 5390 | Zoning Laws | To (1) provide financial incentives for municipalities that adopt certain transit-oriented development policies and to coordinate related state funds through the Office of Responsible Growth, (2) establish the interagency council on housing development, (3) direct the State Responsible Growth Coordinator to establish a fund for the expansion of water and sewerage infrastructure, (4) to allow the coordinator to provide additional funding for certain infrastructure projects, and (5) to include transit-oriented districts in the definition of housing growth zones. | 03/27/2024 - Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 5:00 PM | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Connecticut | SB 143 | Tenancy Termination | To require cause for the eviction of certain tenants and residents of mobile manufactured home parks. | 03/18/2024 - Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office; Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate; Senate Calendar Number 58; File Number 38 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Connecticut | SB 416 | Adaptive Reuse | To allow the conversion or partial conversion of any commercial building into a residential development as of right. | 03/25/2024 - Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Connecticut | SB 6 | Adaptive Reuse | To make housing more affordable for Connecticut residents. | 03/25/2024 - Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office; Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate; Senate Calendar Number 77; File Number 92 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Delaware | SS 82 | Foreclosure: Tenant Notice | This Act provides support for language and communication assistance for individuals renting or purchasing a home or facing eviction or foreclosure. This Act differs from SB 82 as follows: (1) Some definitions are updated to conform more closely to federal law. Additionally, this Act narrows the definition of "individual with a disability" to be someone with a disability affecting communication, since this Act is designed to gather data and provide support related to effective communication. | 03/21/2024 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House | Passed committee in second chamber |
| District of Columbia | B25 627 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Fairness in Renting Notice Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2023 | 03/23/2024 - Law Number L25-0149 Effective from Mar 23, 2024, Expires on Nov 03, 2024 | Enacted |
| District of Columbia | B25 633 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Certificate of Assurance Repeal Amendment Act of 2023 | 03/18/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Council Committee on Housing at 09:30 AM EDT; Location: Virtual Meeting Platform 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, DC, 20004 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Florida | HB 1467 | Adaptive Reuse | Affordable Housing; Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit among certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; creates Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program; requires corporation to establish & adopt procedures & to prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; authorizes corporation to exercise certain powers; creates Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides corporation with certain powers & responsibilities relating to program; provides requirements for program. | 03/08/2024 - Died in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee | Dead |
| Florida | SB 888 | Tenancy Termination | Property Rights; Providing that a person is presumed to be a transient occupant if he or she is unable to produce specified documentation; making a technical change; authorizing property owners or their authorized agents to request assistance from the sheriff from where the property is located for immediately removing unauthorized occupants from a residential dwelling under certain conditions; authorizing a sheriff to arrest an unauthorized occupant for legal cause; providing criminal penalties for a person who unlawfully detains, or occupies or trespasses upon, a residential dwelling and who intentionally damages the dwelling causing at least a specified amount damages, etc. | 03/06/2024 - Read 2nd time; Substituted CS/CS/HB 621; Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 621 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Georgia | HB 1313 | Tenancy Termination | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of an eviction mediation program fee by the Magistrate Court of Clayton County; to identify the authorized uses of such fee; to provide for the termination of such fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 03/13/2024 - Senate Committee Favorably Reported; Senate Passed/Adopted | Passed both chambers |
| Georgia | HB 1429 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, so as to provide for limitations on rent increases for seniors and veterans; to provide for definitions; to provide for defense in dispossessory actions; to provide for an automatic repeal; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 03/04/2024 - House Second Readers | Introduced or prefiled |
| Georgia | HB 206 | ESG - Mortgage; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: Lien Priority; Property Assessed Clean Energy | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to provide for the creation of Commercial Property Assessed Conservation, Energy, and Resiliency Development Authorities in certain counties and municipalities; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 03/28/2024 - House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub | Passed both chambers |
| Georgia | HB 514 | Zoning Laws | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 66 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to zoning procedures, so as to provide for the length and renewal of moratoriums related to zoning decisions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide procedures for the levy, collection, use, and waiver of fees related to zoning decisions and related permits; to revise notice and hearing requirements for certain zoning decisions; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 03/28/2024 - Senate Conference Report Lost | Passed both chambers |
| Hawaii | HB 1630 | Zoning Laws | Part II: Prohibits county zoning ordinances from not allowing four or more residential units per residential lot within an urban district. Requires the counties to allow for attached and detached additional units or accessory dwelling units but authorizes the counties to impose certain restrictions. Part III: Provides that a parcel zoned for residential use that is in the state urban land use district shall not be prohibited from being subdivided, consolidated, or resubdivided under certain conditions. Part IV: Requires the counties to consider the square footage of a development when determining the development's proportionate share of public facility capital improvement costs. Permits the appropriate board of water supply to calculate impact fees based on total number of fixtures when the public facility impacted is a water or sewage facility. Effective 1/1/2026. | 03/07/2024 - Referred to Housing, Ways and Means. | Passed first chamber |
| Hawaii | HB 2090 | Adaptive Reuse | Beginning 1/1/2025, allows residential uses in areas zoned for commercial use to be considered permitted under certain circumstances. Requires, no later than 1/1/2025, each county to adopt or amend its ordinances to allow for adaptive reuse of existing commercial buildings in the county's building codes. Takes effect 7/1/2491. (SD1) | 04/02/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Senate Committee on Judiciary at 10:05 AM HDT; Location: Conference Room 016 & Videoconference, State Capitol | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Hawaii | HB 2742 | Tenancy Termination | Extends the notice period for summary possession proceedings from five days to fifteen days for failure to pay rent. Requires landlords to provide the notice to mediation centers. Requires landlords to enter into mediation if scheduled by a tenant, which will delay when a landlord may file an action for summary possession except in cases where a tenant cancels the mediation or does not appear. Restricts when landlord remedies are available depending on the amount of rent due. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds. Takes effect 7/1/2040. (SD1) | 03/22/2024 - Reported from Commerce and Consumer Protection/Judiciary (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3304) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to Ways and Means.; Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to Ways and Means. | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Hawaii | SB 2029 | Zoning Laws | Prohibits any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively for sale or rent in perpetuity to buyers or renters who are residents of the State, are owner-occupants or renters, and do not own any other real property. Takes effect 4/14/2112. (SD2) | 03/07/2024 - Pass First Reading; Referred to Water & Land, Housing, Finance, referral sheet 16 | Passed first chamber |
| Hawaii | SB 2904 | Foreclosure: Moratorium/Pause | Amends emergency management law to protect tenants, mortgagors, consumers, and residents for certain periods of time after the issuance of a gubernatorial or mayoral emergency proclamation. (SD2) | 03/07/2024 - Pass First Reading; Referred to Water & Land, Consumer Protection & Commerce, Finance, referral sheet 16 | Passed first chamber |
| Hawaii | SB 2908 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Prohibits residential rent increases in affected areas for an unspecified period after a severe storm warning or issuance of an emergency proclamation. Shortens the duration of price control periods and prohibition against residential-tenancy termination from ninety-six hours to seventy-two hours. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1) | 03/27/2024 - The committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ichiyama, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden, Holt, Ilagan. | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Hawaii | SB 2948 | Adaptive Reuse | Authorizes residential uses in areas zoned for commercial to be considered permitted as long as the residential use is limited by ordinance to floors above the ground floor of a building or structure and development standards are met. Exempts areas zoned under the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Requires each county to adopt ordinances that allow for adaptive reuse of existing commercial buildings in the county's building codes. Requires counties to facilitate compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act when adopting an adaptive reuse building code ordinance. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1) | 04/01/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Housing; Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs; Committee on Water and Land at 2:00 PM HDT; Location: VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE, Conference Room 325 | Passed first chamber |
| Hawaii | SB 393 | Tenancy Termination | Establishes and appropriates funds for a pre-litigation mediation pilot program. Requires landlords to participate in mediation before filing an action for summary possession. Creates and appropriates funds for an emergency rent relief program to be made available to participants in the pre-litigation mediation pilot program. Sunsets 6/30/2025. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD3) | 03/20/2024 - Senate Conferee(s) discharged.; Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340). | Passed both chambers |
| Idaho | HB 545 | Rent Control and Stabilization | PROPERTY - Amends existing law to provide that a local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance or a resolution that forces participation in an optional federal housing assistance program or regulates rent, fees, or deposits charged for leasing private residential property. | 03/27/2024 - Delivered to Governor | On the governor's desk |
| Illinois | HB 4790 | Adaptive Reuse | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to 20% of the qualified conversion expenditures incurred by a taxpayer for a qualified converted building. Effective immediately. | 03/12/2024 - Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | HB 4795 | Zoning Laws | Creates the Single-Family Zoning Ban Act. Provides that, on and after June 1, 2025, for a zoning unit with a population 100,000-500,000, and on and after June 1, 2026, for a zoning unit with a population equal to or greater than 500,000, the zoning unit may not zone area exclusively for single-family residential use. Requires middle housing to be allowed on property that is zoned residential. Requires adoption of zoning ordinances and zoning maps consistent with the Act by June 1, 2025 for zoning units with a population 100,000-500,000 or by June 1, 2026 for a zoning unit with a population equal to or greater than 500,000, and for other purposes. Effective immediately. | 03/05/2024 - Assigned to Executive Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | HB 5003 | ESG - Mortgage | Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago for costs associated with funding equitable mortgage lending, homeownership rehabilitation and development, and homebuyer subsidies and support. Effective July 1, 2024. | 03/05/2024 - Assigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | HB 5165 | Tenancy Termination | Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Changes the notice requirements in the Eviction Article for terminating tenancy. Creates requirements for notice of termination of a residential lease. For any residential tenancy of less than 6 months, the landlord shall notify the tenant in writing at least 30 days before the stated termination date of the rental agreement of the landlord's intent to terminate a periodic tenancy, not renew a fixed-term rental agreement, or increase the rental rate. If the landlord fails to give the required written notice, the tenant may remain in the dwelling unit for up to 60 days after the date on which written notice is given to the tenant with the same terms and conditions of the tenancy unless rent was waived or abated in the preceding month or months as part of the original rental agreement. Makes similar changes to a tenancy of longer duration. Provides that a tenant of a residential property may not be charged a nonrefundable fee for lawfully possessing a rental property. Requires a landlord of residential property to provide electronic or wire transfer as an option to a tenant for the return of the tenant's security deposit or the portion of the security deposit to which the tenant is entitled. | 04/03/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Judiciary - Civil at 08:00 AM CDT; Location: 118 and Virtual Room 2 Capitol Building Springfield, IL | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | HB 5584 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Creates a process if a mobile home park owner attempts to change the use of a mobile home park. Requires the park owner to submit a relocation plan for tenants who may be dislocated by the change and creates a process for the tenants through their homeowners organization to buy the park. Requires relocation assistance for a mobile home park with more than 10 sites to be paid to each household equaling the amount of rent for the premises, excluding taxes and utilities, paid for the 12 months immediately preceding the date the tenant vacates the premises. Exempts certain sales of the mobile home park to include, but not be limited to, foreclosure, sale to a park owner's family member, or a sale between joint tenants or tenants in common. Provides that if a park owner receives an offer to buy the park, acceptance of that offer shall be conditioned on the purchaser filing an affidavit, recorded in the land records in the county in which the property is located, affirming that: (i) the purchaser will allow continued use of the land as a mobile home park for 5 years after closing; and (ii) rent for a lot on the property will not increase by more than 10% per year for the first 3 years after the sale is complete. Provides that a purchaser's failure to file this affidavit starts a process for the homeowners association of the tenants to have an opportunity to buy the mobile home park under this Act under terms substantially similar to the proposed sale price of the mobile home park. Makes other changes. | 04/03/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Housing at 10:00 AM CDT; Location: 114 and Virtual Room 1 Capitol Building Springfield, IL | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | SB 2651 | Adaptive Reuse | Amends the Illinois County Historic Preservation Law of the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may maintain, restore, rehabilitate, beautify, or adaptively reuse places of architectural significance, historic significance, or scenic significance and to lease or license County-held property to public or private entities for not longer than 99 years for such purposes. Declares that these activities are a public use. Defines "adaptive reuse". Effective immediately. | 03/15/2024 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | SB 3576 | Adaptive Reuse | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to 20% of the qualified conversion expenditures incurred by a taxpayer for a qualified converted building. Effective immediately. | 03/15/2024 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments | Introduced or prefiled |
| Iowa | HF 548 | Tenancy Termination | A bill for an act relating to court records for residential forcible entry and detainer actions and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 43.) | 12/31/2023 - * * * * * END OF 2023 ACTIONS * * * * * | Passed first chamber |
| Iowa | HF 669 | Tenancy Termination | A bill for an act relating to property law, including manufactured or mobile home retailer licenses, rent, rental agreements, notice requirements, and possession of property.(Formerly HSB 125.) | 03/25/2024 - Placed on Ways and Means calendar. H.J. 03/25. | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Iowa | HSB 43 | Tenancy Termination | A bill for an act relating to court records for residential forcible entry and detainer actions. | 03/06/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Senate Committee on Judiciary at 11:00 AM CST; Location: RM 116 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Maine | LD 1074 | Adaptive Reuse | An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Fund New Affordable Housing For Low-Income Households | 03/19/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Joint Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs at 2:30 PM EDT; Location: State House, Room 228 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Maine | LD 2111 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | An Act Regarding The Timeline For Property Tax Abatement Based On Hardship Or Poverty | 03/05/2024 - Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (Dead); Ought Not To Pass Pursuant To Joint Rule 310, | Dead |
| Maryland | HB 538 | Zoning Laws | Prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of a certain manufactured home in certain residential zoning districts under certain circumstances; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from using an element of an adequate public facilities law to deny certain permits for certain State-funded affordable housing projects or other qualified projects or to restrict or limit the development of the projects in a certain manner; etc. | 03/29/2024 - Referred Rules | Passed first chamber |
| Maryland | HB 693 | Tenancy Termination | Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights; requiring the most recently published version of the Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights to be included as part of a residential lease; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent; etc. | 04/03/2024 - (canceled) Hearing Scheduled: Senate Committee on Judicial Proceedings at 1:00 PM EDT; Location: East Miller Senate Building, Room 2, Annapolis, MD | Passed first chamber |
| Massachusetts | HB 1304 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1304: An Act Enabling Local Options For Tenant Protections | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1318 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1318: An Act Relative To Avoiding Senior Homelessness And Maintaining Senior Housing Stabilization Of Rents | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1319 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1319: An Act Limiting Rent Increases And Creating A Rental Arbitrator | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1335 | Zoning Laws | H.1335: An Act Promoting Accessory Dwelling Units | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1336 | Zoning Laws | H.1336: An Act To Expedite Multifamily Housing Construction | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1358 | Zoning Laws | H.1358: An Act To Increase Access And Financing For Smart Growth Developments | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1360 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1360: An Act To Restore Boston'S Governmentally-Involved Housing | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1361 | Zoning Laws | H.1361: An Act Enabling Municipal Housing Agencies To Enter Enforceable Deed Restriction Agreements With Small Property Owners In Good Standing As Part Of Zoning Variance Approval | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1379 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | H.1379: An Act To Promote Yes In My Back Yard | 03/05/2024 - Senate Concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1381 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1381: An Act Providing For Rent Regulation And Control Of Evictions In Manufactured Housing Parks In The Town Of Athol | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 2028 | Zoning Laws | H.2028: An Act To Remove Barriers And Create Affordable Housing | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 2103 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.2103: An Act Enabling Cities And Towns To Stabilize Rents And Protect Tenants | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 233 | Zoning Laws | H.233: An Act Improving Housing Opportunities | 03/25/2024 - Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting; Rules suspended; Read second and ordered to a third reading | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Massachusetts | HB 240 | Zoning Laws | H.240: An Act Relative To Starter Home School Cost Reimbursement | 03/25/2024 - Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting; Rules suspended; Read second and ordered to a third reading | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Massachusetts | HB 2747 | Adaptive Reuse | H.2747: An Act Granting A Local Option For A Real Estate Transfer Fee To Fund Affordable Housing | 03/21/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 3744 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.3744: An Act Petition For A Special Law Authorizing The City Of Boston To Implement Rent Stabilization And Tenant Eviction Protections | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 3850 | ESG - Mortgage; Zoning Laws | H.3850: An Act Authorizing The Town Of Brookline To Adopt Green Zoning By-Laws And Regulations | 03/28/2024 - Senate concurred | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Massachusetts | HB 3921 | ESG - Mortgage | H.3921: An Act To Cure Us Of The Liabilities That Ultimately Restricted Equity | 04/01/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 4138 | Zoning Laws | H.4138: An Act [Sic] The Affordable Homes Act | 04/02/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets at 1:00 PM EDT; Location: A-2 and Virtual | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Massachusetts | HB 4459 | Zoning Laws | H.4459: An Act Relative To Strengthening Massachusetts' Economic Leadership | 03/28/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 1299 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.1299: An Act Enabling Cities And Towns To Stabilize Rents And Protect Tenants | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 131 | Zoning Laws | S.131: An Act Encouraging The Adoption Of Smart Growth And Starter Home Zoning Districts | 03/21/2024 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Massachusetts | SB 132 | Zoning Laws | S.132: An Act Relative To Starter Home School Cost Reimbursement | 03/28/2024 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Massachusetts | SB 1771 | Adaptive Reuse | S.1771: An Act Granting A Local Option For A Real Estate Transfer Fee To Fund Affordable Housing | 03/21/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 1786 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | S.1786: An Act Relative To A Local Option Real Estate Transfer Fee To Create And Preserve Housing | 03/21/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 2545 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.2545: An Act Authorizing The City Of Somerville To Regulate Rent In Residential Dwelling Units | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 2623 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.2623: An Act Authorizing The Town Of Brookline To Implement Rent Stabilization And Tenant Eviction Protections | 04/01/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 626 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration, Tenant Notice | S.626: An Act For A Right Of First Refusal For Foreclosed Property (Foreclosure Topa) | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 858 | Zoning Laws | S.858: An Act To Promote Yes In My Back Yard | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 872 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.872: An Act Enabling Local Options For Tenant Protections | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 880 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration, Tenant Notice | S.880: An Act To Guarantee A Tenant'S First Right Of Refusal | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 883 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: Lien Priority | S.883: An Act Relative To Creating A Statutory Housing Restriction And Providing Remedies Related To Statutory Housing | 03/18/2024 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Massachusetts | SB 891 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.891: An Act To Restore Boston'S Governmentally-Involved Housing Protection | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 895 | Foreclosure: Tenant Notice | S.895: An Act To Promote Sustainable Affordable Housing | 03/05/2024 - Senate concurred | Introduced or prefiled |
| Michigan | HB 5630 | Foreclosure: Notices, Process/Administration | H.B.5630: Civil rights: disabilities discrimination; modifications for notifications of eviction and foreclosure; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 220 (MCL 37.1101 - 37.1607) by adding sec. 506b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5631'24 | 03/21/2024 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/21/2024 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Michigan | HB 5631 | Foreclosure: Notices | H.B.5631: Civil procedure: foreclosure; notifications in foreclosure and eviction proceedings; modify requirements. Amends 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.101 - 600.9947) by adding secs. 3103, 3203, 5709 & 5774. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5630'24 | 03/21/2024 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/21/2024 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Minnesota | HF 3591 | Foreclosure: Tenant Notice | Residential housing lease provisions amended; landlord and tenant rights and obligations amended; and landlord and tenant clarifying, technical, and conforming changes made. | 03/21/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law at 08:30 AM CDT; Location: State Office Building Room 5 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Minnesota | HF 4010 | Zoning Laws | Multifamily residential developments in cities requirements established. | 03/20/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Housing Finance and Policy at 3:00 PM CDT; Location: Room 5 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Minnesota | HF 4747 | Adaptive Reuse | Property taxation; redevelopment district tax increment use authorized to convert vacant or underused commercial or industrial buildings to residential purposes, rules provided for calculating original net tax capacity of property to be converted from commercial or industrial to residential purposes, and district exemptions established to convert vacant or underused commercial or industrial purposes from the market value finding requirement. | 03/07/2024 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes | Introduced or prefiled |
| Minnesota | HF 4819 | Foreclosure: Prevention/Mediation | Eligible uses of housing infrastructure bonds expanded, recapitalization provided, housing infrastructure program prior appropriation amended, task forces established, and reports required. | 03/21/2024 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Commerce Finance and Policy | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Minnesota | SF 1370 | Zoning Laws | Building permit processing and fees provisions modifications | 03/13/2024 - Author added Mitchell; Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government and Veterans | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Minnesota | SF 3080 | Zoning Laws | Legalize Affordable Housing Act | 03/04/2024 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention | Introduced or prefiled |
| Minnesota | SF 3492 | Foreclosure: Tenant Notice | Residential housing tenant and landlord provisions modifications | 04/02/2024 - Comm report: To pass as amended; Second reading | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Minnesota | SF 3980 | Zoning Laws | Multifamily residential developments in cities requirements establishment | 03/07/2024 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention | Introduced or prefiled |
| Minnesota | SF 4940 | Foreclosure: Prevention/Mediation | Housing infrastructure program appropriation modification, expansion of eligible uses of housing infrastructure bonds, and establishing a task force | 03/19/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Senate Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention at See Committee Agenda for Time.; Location: Minnesota Senate Bldg. | Introduced or prefiled |
| Minnesota | SF 4981 | Adaptive Reuse | Use of tax increment from redevelopment districts to convert vacant or underused commercial or industrial buildings to residential purposes authorization and tax increment provisions modifications | 03/14/2024 - Introduction and first reading; Referred to Taxes | Introduced or prefiled |
| Mississippi | HB 1580 | Tenancy Termination | AN ACT TO BRING FORWARD MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REGULATE THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. | 03/05/2024 - Died In Committee | Dead |
| Missouri | HB 2065 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | H.B. 2065: Modifies provisions relating to the collection of delinquent property taxes | 03/28/2024 - Second read and referred: Emerging Issues(S) | Passed first chamber |
| Missouri | SB 750 | Foreclosure: Notices, Process/Administration | S.B. 750: Modifies provisions relating to the collection of delinquent property taxes | 04/02/2024 - Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Missouri | SB 895 | Tenancy Termination | S.B. 895: Modifies provisions relating to landlord-tenant actions, including eviction proceeding moratoriums and filings for transfers of real property with outstanding collectible judgments | 04/02/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Special Committee on Small Business at 09:00 AM CDT; Location: House Hearing Room 7 | Passed first chamber |
| Nebraska | LB 1412 | Adaptive Reuse | LB 1412, introduced by the Speaker at the request of the Governor, is part of the Governor's 2024 mid-biennium budget adjustment recommendations for the 2023-2025 Biennium. The bill makes adjustments to appropriations and reappropriations for the state operations, aid, and construction programs, provides for transfers, and modifies intent language and earmarks accompanying appropriations for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 and the next fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. The bill contains the emergency clause. | 03/26/2024 - Presented to Governor on March 26, 2024; | On the governor's desk |
| New Hampshire | HB 1281 | Zoning Laws | This bill prohibits a zoning ordinance or regulation from restricting the number of occupants in a residential rental property to less than 2 occupants per bedroom. | 03/21/2024 - Lay HB1281 on Table (Rep. L. Turcotte): MA DV 300-17 03/21/2024 HJ 9 | Introduced or prefiled |
| New Hampshire | HB 1297 | Zoning Laws | This bill requires zoning ordinances to be directly related to the promotion of the residents health and safety. | 03/07/2024 - Lay HB1297 on Table (Rep. L. Turcotte): MA DV 285-65 03/07/2024 HJ 7 | Introduced or prefiled |
| New Hampshire | HB 1368 | Tenancy Termination | This bill prohibits evictions based upon certain vertical price fixing programs used by landlords. | 03/21/2024 - Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| New Hampshire | SB 538 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | This bill establishes a tax relief program for office conversion to residences; enables municipalities to allow its governing body to adopt certain zoning ordinance changes; and adds additional authority in zoning powers for parking requirements and lot size requirements related to sewer infrastructure. | 03/19/2024 - Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1216s, 04/04/2024, Vote 4-1; SC 13 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| New Jersey | SB 2953 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Establishes limit on rent increase for certain dwelling sites for modular or manufactured homes. | 03/11/2024 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| New Jersey | SB 50 | Foreclosure: Notices, Process/Administration | Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million. | 03/18/2024 - Substituted by A4 (2R) | Passed committee in first chamber |
| New Mexico | SB 186 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Rent Control Prohibitions | 03/06/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| New York | AB 1075 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.1075B: Establishes a program to address the legalization of specified basements and cellars and the conversion of other specified basements and cellars in N.Y. city | 03/25/2024 - Amend (T) And Recommit To Local Governments; Print Number 1075B | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 8806 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.8806B: Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year | 03/12/2024 - Amend (T) And Recommit To Ways And Means; Print Number 8806B | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 8809 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | A.8809A: Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year | 03/12/2024 - Amend (T) And Recommit To Ways And Means; Print Number 8809A | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 9372 | Foreclosure: Prevention/Mediation | A.9372: Relates to the payment of shelter and rent arrears | 03/18/2024 - Amend And Recommit To Social Services; Print Number 9372A | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 9473 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.9473: Prohibits the use of an algorithmic device by a landlord for the purpose of determining the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant | 03/14/2024 - Referred To Housing | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | SB 1610 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.1610: Relates to certain notice requirements; and prohibits landlords from including incorrect information re rent decontrol in certain leases and renewals pertaining to units in the Affordable New York Housing Program | 03/18/2024 - Passed Senate; Delivered To Assembly; Referred To Housing | Passed first chamber |
| New York | SB 1870 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.1870A: Allows prospective tenants of rent controlled or rent stabilized housing accommodations to request the complete rent history of such housing accommodations | 03/21/2024 - Passed Senate; Delivered To Assembly; Referred To Housing | Passed first chamber |
| New York | SB 2088 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.2088: Makes rent stabilized dwelling units eligible for certain protections | 03/20/2024 - Passed Senate; Delivered To Assembly; Referred To Judiciary | Passed first chamber |
| New York | SB 2276 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.2276A: Establishes a program to address the legalization of specified basements and cellars and the conversion of other specified basements and cellars in a city with a population of one million or more | 03/22/2024 - Amend (T) And Recommit To Finance; Print Number 2276B | Passed committee in first chamber |
| New York | SB 7668 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.7668: Relates to redetermination of a tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities | 03/12/2024 - Reported And Committed To Finance | Passed committee in first chamber |
| New York | SB 7825 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.7825: Limits the amount of rent increases for residential ground lease cooperative apartment buildings and establishes certain rights upon the expiration of such leases | 03/28/2024 - Advanced To Third Reading | Passed committee in first chamber |
| New York | SB 8306 | Foreclosure: Prevention/Mediation; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: General Servicing/Loan Admin; Rent Control and Stabilization | S.8306B: Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year | 03/11/2024 - Amend (T) And Recommit To Finance; Print Number 8306B | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | SB 8309 | Foreclosure: Notices, Prevention/Mediation, Process/Administration | S.8309A: Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year | 03/11/2024 - Amend (T) And Recommit To Finance; Print Number 8309A | Introduced or prefiled |
| Oregon | HB 4126 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Digest: Allows cities and counties to impose rent control. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.8). Repeals the prohibition on local rent control. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | 03/07/2024 - In committee upon adjournment. | Introduced or prefiled |
| Pennsylvania | HB 1386 | Zoning Laws | An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real property, providing for Pennsylvania attainable housing community designation. | 03/18/2024 - PN 2723 Reported as amended; First consideration; Laid on the table | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Pennsylvania | HB 1976 | Zoning Laws | An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, further providing for ordinance provisions. | 03/18/2024 - Reported with request to re-refer to LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Re-referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Pennsylvania | SB 1095 | Rent Control and Stabilization | An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, in preliminary provisions, providing for residential rental property rate increases; and establishing the Rent Control Advisory Board. | 03/11/2024 - PN 1411 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7049 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would limit rent increases to no more than four percent (4%) annually and would provide tenants with a civil action to recover damages for any violations. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/27/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7372 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would limit residential rent increases to ten percent (10%) plus the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) annually. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/27/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7891 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would authorize the city of Providence to adopt rent control ordinances subject to certain exemptions. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/19/2024 - (postponed) Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing at 5:00 PM EDT; Location: Room 101 - State House | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7948 | Zoning Laws | This act would provide amendments to the requirements of the inclusionary zoning law for affordable housing development. This act would take effect on January 1, 2025. | 03/27/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7951 | Zoning Laws | This act would provide amendments relative to the compliance and implementation of the comprehensive planning and use act including the conditions upon which limitations may be placed on land use applications by municipalities. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/27/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7957 | Tenancy Termination | This act would create the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require a designated legal organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings. The act would also provide that notice of a tenant's right to legal representation be included in all residential landlord/tenant complaint forms and that any attempt to waive that right in a lease would be void. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/27/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7958 | Zoning Laws | This act would require single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over forty-thousand (40,000) to allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/22/2024 - Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7981 | Zoning Laws | This act would amend the provisions relative to permitted uses within residential, industrial and commercial zoning use districts. This act would take effect on January 1, 2025. | 03/28/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 7989 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would authorize cities and towns to establish a housing authority to adopt tenant protection measures, including rent control, annual rent increase ordinances and no-fault evictions, subject to certain exemptions. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/19/2024 - (postponed) Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing at 5:00 PM EDT; Location: Room 101 - State House | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 8058 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would prohibit the use of an algorithm or artificial intelligence to set residential rental amounts and would prohibit landlord price fixing of residential rents. Violations would constitute a deceptive trade practice and violators would be subject to a civil suit in which a prevailing party may recover treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/27/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | HB 8084 | Tenancy Termination | This act would modify the summons for eviction for reasons other than nonpayment of rent with the district court, to add a certificate of service section, and provide the option to post the summons and complaint conspicuously on the door of the defendant/tenant's dwelling. This act would take effect on January 1, 2025. | 03/27/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2407 | Tenancy Termination | This act would permit those other residents of a residential dwelling unit to extend the term of the rental agreement for a period of three (3) months after the death of the lessee. This act would take effect upon passage. | 04/04/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Senate Committee on Housing and Municipal Government at 5:00 PM EDT; Location: Room 212 - State House | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2417 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would create a tenant bill of rights to include the right to counsel for indigent tenants with children, the right to habitability, the right to organize free from harassment, the right to not be discriminated against based on race, religion, sexual orientation, source of income, criminal record or credit score, the right of first refusal if the landlord decides to sell the property, and a limitation on rent increases to four percent (4%) per year unless the landlord can articulate necessity for a greater increase. This act would further provide a tenant with the right to deduct up to the sum of one month's rent for repairs. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/19/2024 - (postponed) Hearing Scheduled: Senate Committee on Judiciary at 5:00 PM EDT; Location: Room 313 - State House | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2448 | Tenancy Termination | This act would modify the summons for eviction for reasons other than nonpayment of rent with the district court, to add a certificate of service section, and provide the option to post the summons and complaint conspicuously on the door of the defendant/tenant's dwelling. This act would take effect on January 1, 2025. | 03/19/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2632 | Zoning Laws | This act would require single-family residential zoning in municipalities with populations of over forty-thousand (40,000) to allow middle housing and mandates that those municipalities adopt zoning regulations for middle housing. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/14/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2892 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would prohibit the use of an algorithm or artificial intelligence to set residential rental amounts and would prohibit landlord price fixing of residential rents. Violations would constitute a deceptive trade practice and violators would be subject to a civil suit in which a prevailing party may recover treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/22/2024 - Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2893 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would make it a deceptive trade practice for two (2) or more landlords to conspire to take actions that would establish a set price for dwelling units or to withhold dwelling units from the market in order to increase the demand for the dwelling units among prospective tenants. This act would make such action(s) subject to a private civil cause of action, which could include a class action, as well as criminal prosecution as a misdemeanor. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/22/2024 - Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2923 | Tenancy Termination | This act would create the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require a designated legal organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings. The act would also provide that notice of a tenant's right to legal representation be included in all residential landlord/tenant complaint forms and that any attempt to waive that right in a lease would be void. This act would take effect upon passage. | 03/27/2024 - Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary | Introduced or prefiled |
| Tennessee | HB 2100 | ESG - Mortgage; Lending Restrictions: General Lending Restrictions | H.B.2100: Consumer Protection - As introduced, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on an analysis of risk factors unique to each current or prospective customer; prohibits financial institutions and insurers from denying or canceling services to a person, or otherwise discriminating against a person, based upon the use of a social credit score or other factors. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 45; Title 47 and Title 56. | 04/01/2024 - H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 72, Nays 19 PNV 0 HB2100 | Passed both chambers |
| Tennessee | HB 2423 | Zoning Laws | H.B.2423: Housing - As introduced, entitles each county and municipality that adopts certain zoning reform strategies that support housing development to receive from the department of revenue up to 20 percent of the revenue collected from the recordation tax based on transactions in the respective jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7 and Title 67. | 03/27/2024 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee of Local Government Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Tennessee | HB 2805 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | H.B.2805: Civil Procedure - As introduced, increases time for a lienor to commence a proceeding or file the lienor's claim in a creditors' or foreclosure proceeding after service of a written demand by the owner, the owner's agent, or a prime contractor of the real property to which the lien is attached to from within 60 days to within 75 days after service. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 20; Title 21; Title 26; Title 29; Title 35; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 56; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 71. | 03/12/2024 - Def. to Summer Study in Civil Justice Subcommittee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Tennessee | SB 1855 | Foreclosure: Notices | S.B.1855: Fiduciaries - As introduced, requires the first publication for a sale of land to foreclose a deed of trust, mortgage, or other lien securing the payment of money or other thing of value or under judicial orders or process to be at least 30 days, instead of at least 20 days, previous to the sale. - Amends TCA Title 35. | 03/22/2024 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Tennessee | SB 2124 | Zoning Laws | S.B.2124: Housing - As introduced, requires each municipal and metropolitan government to adopt, on or before July 1, 2025, certain housing development strategies; provides that a municipal or metropolitan government that does not adopt such housing development strategies is ineligible for certain state grants. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 13. | 03/19/2024 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Tennessee | SB 2237 | Zoning Laws | S.B.2237: Housing - As introduced, entitles each county and municipality that adopts certain zoning reform strategies that support housing development to receive from the department of revenue up to 20 percent of the revenue collected from the recordation tax based on transactions in the respective jurisdiction. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 7 and Title 67. | 03/27/2024 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Tennessee | SB 2637 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | S.B.2637: Civil Procedure - As introduced, increases time for a lienor to commence a proceeding or file the lienor's claim in a creditors' or foreclosure proceeding after service of a written demand by the owner, the owner's agent, or a prime contractor of the real property to which the lien is attached to from within 60 days to within 75 days after service. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9; Title 13; Title 20; Title 21; Title 26; Title 29; Title 35; Title 43; Title 45; Title 47; Title 48; Title 56; Title 66; Title 67 and Title 71. | 03/26/2024 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Tennessee | SB 2899 | Foreclosure: Notices | S.B.2899: Real Property - As introduced, updates requirements regarding public notice for a foreclosure sale of real property, including a requirement that public notice be posted on the secretary of state's website. - Amends TCA Title 35. | 03/08/2024 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce & Labor Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Utah | SB 208 | Zoning Laws | S.B.208: Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Amendments | 03/21/2024 - Governor Signed | Enacted |
| Utah | SB 268 | Zoning Laws | S.B.268: First Home Investment Zone Act | 03/21/2024 - Governor Signed | Enacted |
| Virginia | HB 1105 | Zoning Laws | Housing; Zoning for Housing Production Fund created; affordable dwelling unit policy incentives; report. Creates the Zoning for Housing Production Program to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department). The Department of Housing and Community Development is required to establish certain guidelines and to notify the localities of the existence and purpose of the Program no later than September 1, 2024. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027. | 03/09/2024 - No further action taken; Failed to pass in House | Passed both chambers |
| Virginia | HB 1482 | Tenancy Termination | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; unlawful detainer action; emergency hearings. Provides for an emergency hearing to occur on a summons for unlawful detainer filed by an owner of a residential single family dwelling unit if the court finds based upon the evidence that (i) no rental agreement exists or has ever existed between the owner and the occupant; (ii) the occupant occupies such dwelling unit without permission of such owner; and (iii) the owner has given such occupant a written notice to vacate such dwelling unit at least 72 hours prior to the date of filing. Under the bill, an emergency hearing on such summons shall occur as soon as practicable, but not more than 14 days from the date of filing. | 03/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor; Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | On the governor's desk |
| Virginia | HB 86 | Tenancy Termination | Summons for unlawful detainer; hearing date; amendments to amount due; subsequent filings. Specifies a process by which a plaintiff, plaintiff's attorney, or agent in an unlawful detainer action may amend the amount due to him in an unlawful detainer action. The bill further provides that if such an amendment is permitted the plaintiff shall not subsequently file additional warrants in debt against the defendant for additional amounts if those amounts could have been included in such amended amount. The bill provides that if the plaintiff requests all amounts due and owing as of the date of the hearing or if the court grants an amendment of the amounts requested, the plaintiff shall not subsequently file additional unlawful detainers or warrants in debt against the defendant for such additional amounts if those amounts could have been included in the amended amount. | 03/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor; Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | On the governor's desk |
| Washington | HB 1245 | Zoning Laws | Increasing Housing Options Through Lot Splitting. | 03/07/2024 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. | Passed first chamber |
| Washington | HB 1468 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | Concerning Impact Fee Deferrals. | 03/07/2024 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Washington | HB 1998 | Zoning Laws | Concerning Co-Living Housing. | 03/19/2024 - Governor Signed; Chapter 180, 2024 Laws.; Effective date 6/6/2024. | Enacted |
| Washington | HB 2160 | Zoning Laws | Promoting Community and Transit-Oriented Housing Development. | 03/07/2024 - By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Washington | SB 5961 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Improving Housing Stability for Tenants Subject to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act and the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act by Limiting Rent and Fee Increases, Requiring Notice of Rent and Fee Increases, Limiting Fees and Deposits, Establishing a Landlord Resource Center and Associated Services, Authorizing Tenant Lease Termination, Creating Parity Between Lease Types, and Providing for Attorney General Enforcement. | 01/26/2024 - Executive session, but the motion to report the bill out of the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM failed. | Introduced or prefiled |
| Wisconsin | AB 969 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | This bill makes changes to current law regarding the process by which a county sells land it has acquired by a tax-deed for the enforcement and collection of delinquent property taxes. The changes include the following: | 03/22/2024 - Report approved by the Governor; 2023 Wisconsin Act 207; Published 3-23-2024 | Enacted |
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