Bill Title: As enacted, classifies as material noncompliance and default by a tenant with a rental agreement, if the tenant pretends to have a disability-related need for an assistance animal in order to obtain an exception to a provision in a rental agreement that prohibits pets or establishes limits on the types of pets that tenants may possess on residential rental property. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21; Title 13, Chapter 20; Title 33; Title 39; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 44, Chapter 8, Part 4 and Title 66.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-18 - Pub. Ch. 960 [HB2439 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Bryan Terry [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Lamberth [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jason Powell [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark White [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-083	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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