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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2996
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE MOSLEY .
5860H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 441, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to residential lease
renewals, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 441, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 441.305, to read as follows:
441.305. 1. The pr ovisions of this section shall be known and may be ref erred to
2 as the "Missouri Housing Pr edictability and T ransparen cy Act".
3 2. For any re sidential lease renewa l issued on or after January 1, 2027, a
4 landlord shall not incr ease the r ent charged to a tenant by mor e than seven per cent plus
5 the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers for the
6 United States as repor ted by the Bur eau of Labor Statistics, or its successor index, or ten
7 per cent, whichever is less, in any twelve-month period.
8 3. A landlord shall provi de a tenant with written notice of any ren t incr ease at
9 least ninety days prior to the effective date of the incr ease. Such notice shall include:
10 (1) The curr ent ren t amount;
11 (2) The pr oposed new rent amount;
12 (3) The per centage increa se; and
13 (4) A statement of the tenant's right to request documentation supporting the
14 calculation.
15 4. The limitations of this section shall not apply to:
16 (1) Newly constructed re sidential units during the first fifteen years after
17 issuance of the certificate of occupancy;
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (2) Units that are newly cr eated due to substantial rehab ilitation wher e the
19 landlord has invested an amount equal to or gr eater than twenty-five perce nt of the
20 pr operty's assessed value within the preced ing twelve months;
21 (3) Units owned or operated by nonprofi t housing pro viders rec eiving
22 government subsidies wher e ren t calculations are set by federal or state pro grams; and
23 (4) T enants who ar e delinquent on ren t at the time of re newal, pr ovided that
24 delinquency fees are in compliance with existing law .
25 5. A landlord shall not ref use to renew a lease, terminate a tenancy , or otherwise
26 r etaliate against a tenant for asserting rights under this section.
27 6. (1) A tenant may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction if a
28 landlord violates this section. If the court finds that a landlord has willfully imposed a
29 r ent incr ease in excess of the allowed maximum, the tenant may be entitled to:
30 (a) Actual damages;
31 (b) Reasonable attorney's fees; and
32 (c) A civil penalty not to exceed thr ee times the unlawful portion of the ren t
33 incr ease.
34 (2) The attorney general may enforce this section and seek civil penalties for
35 pattern or practice violations.
36 7. The department of economic development may pr omulgate all necessary rules
37 and regu lations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as
38 that term is defined in section 536.010, that is creat ed under the authority delegated in
39 this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the
40 pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter
41 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly
42 pursuant to chapter 536 to revi ew , to delay the effective date, or to disappr ove and annul
43 a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority
44 and any rule prop osed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void.
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