Introduced
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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 themselves; 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 who follow the rules would have limited liability for the infestation and items damaged by treatment.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To make it optional for tenants to agree to an agreement that assigns responsibility for costs associated with bedbug infestations. The bill allows leases to contain such agreements.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require landlords to maintain three years of pest control treatments and show these to a tenant who asks.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require landlords to disclose any infestation within the past two years anywhere in a building, not just in the apartment being rented.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To make landlords who falsely accuse a tenant of causing an infestation to pay three times the treatment costs and moving costs to the tenant (or former tenant).
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 55 to 50 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Local Government
