2015 Senate Bill 294

Establish rental unit bedbug procedures

Introduced in the Senate

April 23, 2015

Introduced by Sen. Margaret O’Brien (R-20)

To prohibit a landlord from renting a unit that he or she knows is infested with bedbugs; prohibit tenants from moving infested items into a unit or attempting to apply pest control treatments to the unit; and require tenants to grant reasonable access to professional pest management personnel and comply with the control protocols established by the landlord. Tenants who cause an infestation would be responsible for treatment costs, and landlords would have limited liability for items damaged by treatment.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government