HB 309 Kentucky House · 2017 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property. 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 an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease with at least 30 days' notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establish 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, an interpersonal protective order, or a temporary interpersonal protective order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be installed by the tenant; 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.

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Apr 2017
Introduced Feb 10, 2017 Signed Apr 11, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 191)
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Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill passed 94-0
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Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
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Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
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Mar 30, 2017
Committee
To Rules (H)
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Mar 15, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
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Mar 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
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Mar 14, 2017
Committee
Recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)
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Mar 2, 2017
Committee
To Judiciary (S)
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Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Posted in committee
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Feb 14, 2017
Committee
To Judiciary (H)
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Feb 10, 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
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0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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