Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent
Summary
Prohibits landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services in a tenant's base rent, including cable, internet and garage usage, as a condition of leasing a dwelling; excludes buildings with less than three dwelling units.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2025
Last action May 7, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify that landlords cannot require tenants to pay extra fees for nonessential services like cable, internet, or garage access as a condition of signing a lease. The language was updated to explicitly state that these fees must be separate from rent and that any lease clause bundling them into the base rent is now void. This change strengthens tenant protections by ensuring these services are truly optional and not hidden within the mandatory rent payment.
Scope change
The scope of the prohibition was clarified to specifically target the requirement of fees as a condition of leasing, rather than just the inclusion of services in the base rent.
REQUIREMENT
The prohibition was updated to explicitly ban landlords from requiring a fee for nonessential services as a condition of leasing a dwelling, in addition to prohibiting bundling them into base rent.
The voidability clause was strengthened to specifically invalidate any lease provision that requires payment of a fee for nonessential services in addition to rent, rather than just requiring payment for the services themselves.
TECHNICAL
The bill number was updated from A 1768 to A 1768--A to reflect its status as an amended version, and the section number was changed from 220-a to 238-b.
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Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 1768A
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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