Indiana House Bill 1091 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Affirmative defenses in eviction actions. Allows a tenant or a member of a tenant's household to establish an affirmative defense to an action brought by a landlord to evict the tenant or the member of a tenant's household from a rental premises if the tenant or member of a tenant's household presents evidence that the landlord's action is substantially in response to the tenant or the member of a tenant's household engaging in or causing the occurrence of at least one of the following acts within 12 months before the date the landlord brought the action: (1) Making a good

Affirmative defenses in eviction actions. Allows a tenant or a member of a tenant's household to establish an affirmative defense to an action brought by a landlord to evict the tenant or the member of a tenant's household from a rental premises if the tenant or member of a tenant's household presents evidence that the landlord's action is substantially in response to the tenant or the member of a tenant's household engaging in or causing the occurrence of at least one of the following acts within 12 months before the date the landlord brought the action: (1) Making a good

Rep. Robin Shackleford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-05	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2016-01-05	House	Authored by Representative Shackleford

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1091/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/d/5/9/dd59eadd/HB1091.01.INTR.pdf