Legislative and Lobbyist Updates

SB25-131 Reducing the Cost of Housing

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill repeals some recent housing laws, including statues regarding mandatory mediation for certain covered tenants. This bill also repeals and replaces changes made to the Warranty of Habitability in 2024, such as the inclusion of air conditioning units and por...

SB25-020 Tenant and Landlord Law Enforcement

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill expands the Attorney General's authority to enforce landlord-tenant law, and grants counties, cities, and municipalities the power to bring civil and criminal actions to enforce certain state landlord-tenant laws. This bill also establishes a receivers...

HB25-1249 Tenant Security Deposit Protections

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary:This bill makes changes to current definitions around “normal wear and tear” as it applies to the security deposit, caps security deposits to 1 times the monthly rent, or a tenant’s portion of the rent, if they receive a housing voucher, requires landlor...

HB25-1240 Protections for Tenants with Housing Subsidies

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill changes rent demands from 10-day demands to 30-day demands, regardless of tenant or property status, prohibits landlords from charging subsidy tenants a late fee that exceeds $20, and removes the current exemption from Source of Incom requirements for land...

HB25-1236 Residential Screening

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill removes the current allowance for a landlord to require applicants who submit portable tenant screening reports to make them available directly from the screening company. This bill also allows portable screening reports to be up to 60 days old, and clarif...

HB25-1235 July Trials fo Tenant Proceedings

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill codifies the right to jury trial in any action for possession of a rental property, and creates corresponding rules within the court system. This bill also removes the current allowance for leases to have a waiver of the right for a jury trial in cases of ...

HB25-1207 Pet Ownership in Affordable Housing Properties

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill expands the definition of "residential property" for insurance companies, and prohibits insurance companies from cancelling coverage solely due to the presence of animals on premises. This bill also requires affordable housing companies funded by...

HB25-1202 Increasing Public Awareness of Mold Health Effects

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill sets new disclosure requirements around the mold history, or potential mold history, of a property during the sale or lease process. This bill would stigmatize properties with any history of mold, even after it has been properly mitigated, as there is no c...

HB25-1196 Landlord Procedures for Removal of Tenants

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill rolls back language requirements around demands, from the current standard of "English, Spanish, and any other primary language" to English, and any other language a tenant indicates is their primary language at the time they enter into a lease a...

HB25-1168 Protections for Domestic Violence Victim-Survivors

By CLLC Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Summary: This bill seeks to allow personal attestation (instead of 3rd party proof) of domestic violence where rental properties are concerned. It imposes an 18-month repayment plan obligation on unpaid balances due if the victim wishes to remain in the property, requires la...

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