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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 990

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Relating to: grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Attorney Landlord and tenant Lease Poor Power of attorney

  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 requires the Department of Administration to establish a grant

program to provide funds to attorneys to provide legal services for low-income

tenants in eviction actions or in actions in which the tenant alleges he or she was

wrongfully evicted. Under the bill, the grant moneys may only be used to provide

legal services to a tenant whose family has an income at or below 200 percent of the

federal poverty line.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Crowley (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Neubauer (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

5 cosponsors

Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Crowley, C. Taylor, Stubbs, Sargent, Brostoff, Emerson, Neubauer, Cabrera, Subeck, Pope, Sinicki, Bowen, Hebl and Shankland; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Smith, Larson and L. Taylor

  2. Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate

  3. Mar 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1