KY HB405 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-23 - posted in committee
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no contact order, or a stalking restraining order may terminate a lease with at least thirty (30) days notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establishe civil action for a landlord's economic losses due to termination against persons restrained by protective orders; for those tenants or applicants for tenancy who hold an emergency protective order, a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no contact order, or a stalking restraining order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be requested at the tenant's expense; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, rental agreements shall not penalize tenants for requesting assistance from emergency services.

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Title

AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property.

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-02-23Houseposted in committee
2015-02-11Houseto Judiciary (H)
2015-02-10Houseintroduced in House

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