SB 125 Utah Senate · 2025 General Session

Eviction Amendments

SB 125 (Eviction Amendments) updates rental rules for multifamily buildings (4+ units) in Utah. It requires new property owners to notify renters about ownership changes and rent hikes of 10% or more, and prohibits rent increases for the first 90 days after purchase. Renters can end their lease early with 60 days’ written notice if a rent increase occurs. The bill also gives courts discretion in tenant-landlord damage cases and clarifies existing owner responsibilities like safety standards and lease disclosures.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Mar 8, 2025

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Introduced → Substitute #1 · 9 edits

MAJOR

This bill expands tenant protections by adding new requirements for owners of multifamily buildings, including notice obligations for ownership changes and rent increases, restrictions on rent hikes during the first 90 days of ownership, and enhanced disclosure rules for application fees and rental costs. The bill also modifies eviction damage calculations to give juries and courts more discretion in awarding damages.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from only addressing eviction damages to include broader landlord-tenant protections covering multifamily buildings with four or more units, including new definitions and owner duties.

DEFINITION

Added definition of 'multifamily unit building' as a residential building with four or more residential rental units.

REQUIREMENT

Requires new owners of multifamily buildings to provide written notice of ownership changes and any rent increase of 10% or more.

Allows tenants in multifamily buildings to terminate leases with 60 days written notice if the owner imposes a rent increase.

Prohibits owners from imposing rent increases for the first 90 days they own a multifamily unit building.

Expanded owner disclosure requirements to include rent amounts, fixed non-rent expenses, unit availability dates, and screening criteria.

Added requirement for owners to provide written inventory of unit condition before rental agreements are signed.

Modified late fee limits to cap fees at the greater of 10% of monthly rent or $75.

Added requirement for owners to provide 24-hour notice before entering a rental unit, with exceptions for emergencies.

ENFORCEMENT

Changed eviction damage assessment to give juries or courts discretion when determining actual damages, rather than requiring automatic multipliers.

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Committee

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Senate/ to standing committee

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

upper

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