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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 155

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prohibiting ordinances that place certain limits on landlords.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a city, village, town, or county from enacting an ordinance

that does any of the following with respect to a residential landlord: 1) prohibits or

limits the landlord from obtaining or using various types of information about a

tenant or prospective tenant, such as household income, occupation, court records,

rental history, and credit information; 2) limits how far back in time a prospective

tenant's credit information, conviction record, or previous housing may be considered

by the landlord; or 3) prohibits the landlord from showing a rental property to a

prospective tenant, or from entering into a rental agreement for a rental property

with a prospective tenant, while the current tenant is living there.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Honadel (R) , Jacque (R) , Knudson (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Litjens (R) , Mursau (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Steineke (R) , Strachota (R) , Vos (R)

3 cosponsors

Galloway (R) , Lasee (R) , Schultz (R)

Full history

  1. May 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vos, Bernier, Bies, Honadel, Knudson, LeMahieu, Mursau, Spanbauer, Strachota, Steineke, Jacque and Litjens;Cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Galloway and Schultz

  2. May 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Housing

  3. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1