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HB1563 is Introduced, Referred to House Insurance and Commerce Committee

HB1563, sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Gazaway, has been introduced and referred to the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce. Go to this link for contact information of committee members. More detailed information about what you can do to help it become enacted will be posted tomorrow.

This bill creates minimum standards for rental housing, remedies for tenants whose landlords don’t repair defects that have a material effect on health and safety, and also a simple eviction procedure to be heard by district courts that will be easier for landlords to use and will guarantee tenants a hearing.

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