Relating to the termination of a lease agreement of a servicemember's dependent.
HB 4470 allows a tenant who is a servicemember's dependent to legally end a lease early without owing future rent or other fees under specific military service circumstances. It applies when the lease was signed before the tenant entered military service, when a servicemember gets orders for a permanent relocation or 90+ day deployment after signing the lease, or when a spouse guarantees the lease for the dependent and the servicemember later receives qualifying orders. The law only affects leases entered into or renewed on or after September 1, 2025, and requires the tenant to vacate the property before the lease ends. This change modifies existing Texas property law to provide lease termination options for military-connected families facing service-related relocations or deployments.
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Introduced Apr 3, 2025
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Richard Hayes
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