2025 bills / S.B. 125
S.B. 125 Eviction Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
When a multifamily rental building changes owners, the new owner must give notice and cannot raise rent for 90 days, and any increase of 10% or more must be disclosed. Renters may end their lease early with 60 days' written notice, and judges and juries gain discretion over some actual-damage awards in tenant disputes.
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Official description
- defines terms
- requires that a new owner of a multifamily unit building provide notice of the change in ownership and any rent increase of 10% or greater than the monthly rent
- permits a renter in a multifamily unit building to terminate an existing lease agreement if the renter provides written notice to the owner at least 60 days before the day on which the renter terminates the lease agreement
- prohibits an owner from imposing a rent increase for the first 90 days an owner owns a multifamily unit building
- allows a jury or court to exercise discretion when entering a judgment for actual damages a jury or court in a proceeding involving a tenant and an owner
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/6/2025 3:48 PMWho voted how
- 1 yes, 5 no, 1 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: Senate vote, which failed · 2/6/2025 4:05 PMWho voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 6, 2025 Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee▶ Watch