Landlord tenant settlement conference program.
Summary
Provides, for a two year period and contingent upon the availability of specified funds, that: (1) the jurisdictional amount in small claims court is $20,000 in residential landlord tenant cases (under current law, the amount is $8,000); and (2) the landlord and the tenant may agree to participate in the landlord tenant settlement conference program.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 4, 2021
Last action Feb 22, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Feb 22, 2021
Amended
Amendment #3 (Taylor G) failed; Roll Call 142: yeas 22, nays 26
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Amended
Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Amended
Amendment #2 (Tallian) failed; Division of the Senate: yeas 11, nays 35
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Judiciary
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
KT
Karen Tallian
DDemocratic
P
Liz Brown
RRepublican
P
Mike Bohacek
RRepublican
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