SB24-094 Safe Housing for Residential Tenants

Concerning safe housing for residential tenants, and, in connection therewith, establishing and clarifying procedures regarding a tenant's claim of breach of the warranty of habitability. BILL SUMMARY The bill modifies existing warranty of habitability laws by clarifying actions that constitute a breach of the warranty of habitability (breach) and procedures for both landlords and tenants … [Continue reading...]

HB24-1098 Cause Required for Eviction of Residential Tenant

Concerning protections for residential tenants, and, in connection therewith, requiring cause for the eviction of a residential tenant. BILL SUMMARY The bill prohibits a landlord from evicting a residential tenant unless the landlord has cause for eviction. Cause exists only when: A tenant or lessee is guilty of an unlawful detention of real property under certain circumstances described in … [Continue reading...]

SB24-064 Monthly Residential Eviction Data & Report

Concerning requiring the judicial department to make residential eviction-related information available to the public. BILL SUMMARY The bill requires the judicial department to collect, compile, and publish online, on a monthly basis, aggregate residential eviction data for all forcible entry and detainer actions filed in each county in the immediately preceding month. The judicial department … [Continue reading...]

SB24-033 Lodging Property Tax Treatment

Concerning the property tax treatment of real property that is used to provide lodging. BILL SUMMARY Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy. The bill establishes that, for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2026, a short-term rental unit, which is an improvement that is designated and used as a place of residency by a person, family, or families, but that is also … [Continue reading...]

SB24-021 Exempt Small Communities from HOA Requirements

Concerning the conservation of water in the state through the prohibition of certain landscaping practices. BILL SUMMARY Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee. On and after January 1, 2025 2026, the bill prohibits local governments and unit owners' associations of common interest communities from allowing the installation, planting, or placement of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, … [Continue reading...]