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HB2297 • 2025

Requires a tenant to pay accruing rent to avoid termination for nonpayment.

Requires a tenant to pay accruing rent to avoid termination for nonpayment.

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Mannix
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Housing and Homelessness.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: This Act deters tenants from waiting until eviction process to pay rent. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
Requires a tenant to pay accruing rent to avoid termination for nonpayment. Requires the awarding of attorney fees in favor of a landlord if a tenant does not pay rent until the date of trial.
Relating to: Relating to tendering rent to avoid termination of residential tenancy.
Current location: In House Committee