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H.B. 516: Landlord Communication Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill amends provisions relating to unlawful detainer.

  • Provides that if a renter believes a residential rental unit has a deficient condition, the renter shall inform the owner
  • Provides that a renter may take commercially reasonable steps to correct a deficient condition in a residential rental unit
  • Amends provisions relating to an owner's duty to return to the renter a security deposit and prepaid rent
  • Provides that if an owner takes substantial action to correct a deficient condition before receiving a notice of deficient condition, the owner satisfies the owner's duties to correct the deficient condition
  • Extends the corrective period for a standard of habitability
  • Amends provisions relating to the notice of a dangerous condition or notice of a deficient condition
  • Provides that if an owner believes that a renter's residential rental unit is not habitable an owner may terminate a rental agreement
  • Provides the notice requirements for an owner that terminates a rental agreement after determining that a residential rental unit is not habitable
  • Provides that a renter is guilty of unlawful detainer if a renter remains on the premises of a residential rental unit after an owner terminates a rental agreement
  • Provides that if an owner terminates a rental agreement after determining that a residential rental unit is not habitable does not waive the owner's other claims
  • Defines terms
  • Amends the circumstances under which a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer
  • Provides that a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if an animal under control of the tenant engages in certain acts
  • Provides that a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if the tenant violates a provision of the lease agreement that the lease agreement designates as an incurable violation
  • Makes technical changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Business · Landlord -- Tenant · Real Property

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Houseto standing committeeBusiness, Labor, and Commerce Committee
  3. · HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesBusiness, Labor, and Commerce Committee
  4. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on 1st Sub. H.B. 516 (Buff) found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: David Shallenberger

Senate floor sponsor: Scott D. Sandall

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.