SB 717 - Curls, Shalonn
Changes the amount of damages that a tenant can recover when the security deposit is wrongfully withheld by a landlord
Bill Details
Sponsor
LR Number
4413S.01I
Title
SB 717
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
Effective Date
August 28, 2016
Current Status
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SB 717 - Currently, if a landlord wrongfully withholds any portion of the security deposit then the tenant can recover as damages not more than twice the amount withheld. This act provides that a tenant shall recover as damages twice the amount wrongfully withheld by the landlord.
This act is identical to provisions in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1862 (2016) and SCS/SB 743 (2016) and to SB 182 (2015), HB 2283 (2014), and HB 884 (2013).
JESSI BAKER