Bill Text: NH HB283 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: To limit application fees charged to prospective residential tenants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-09-26 - Executive Session: 11/08/2023 11:00 am Legislative Office Building 206-208 House Calendar 39 [HB283 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB283-Introduced.html
HB 283 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0287
05/04
HOUSE BILL 283
AN ACT to limit application fees charged to prospective residential tenants.
SPONSORS: Rep. Read, Rock. 10; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Rep. Spier, Hills. 6; Rep. Dutzy, Hills. 6; Rep. Staub, Hills. 25; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4; Rep. Veilleux, Hills. 34
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill limits the rental application fee and other fees charged by a landlord as part of the rental application process for a residential property.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0287
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT to limit application fees charged to prospective residential tenants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Prohibited Practices and Security Deposits; Rental Application Fees. Amend RSA 540-A:3 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VIII. No landlord shall charge a rental application fee in excess of $35 or the cost of conducting a background check of the prospective tenant, whichever is less. Any other fee charged by the landlord as part of the rental application process shall be refundable, shall not exceed $250, and shall be either refunded or credited toward the security deposit, at the tenant's discretion.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.