Prohibits commercial leases from including a waiver of the right to a declaratory judgment action
Summary
Prohibits commercial leases from including a waiver of the right to a declaratory judgment action and states that the inclusion of such a waiver in a commercial lease shall be null and void as against public policy.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Assembly Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Dec 2019
Introduced Jan 23, 2019
Signed Dec 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly Jun 4, 2019
How they voted
39–22
Passed
Total votes 61
Jun 13, 2019
D
Democratic39
100% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Dec 20, 2019
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.689
lower
Jun 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 4, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jun 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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