Indiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 4 D · 3 R cosponsors

SB 230 — Enforcement of habitability standards.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Allows a city, county, or town to bring a nuisance action against a tenant or other person responsible for a nuisance. Defines "essential services" as certain utility services needed for the safe and habitable occupation by a tenant of the tenant's rental unit. Defines "essential systems" as certain systems used to deliver essential services to a rental unit. Requires a landlord to repair or replace an essential system not later than 24 hours after being notified by a tenant that the tenant's rental unit is without essential services under certain circumstances. Provides that a tenant may enforce a statutory obligation of a landlord by providing notice of the landlord's noncompliance and allows for certain remedies to the tenant for the landlord's noncompliance. Provides that, during the pendency of a court action brought by a tenant to enforce a statutory obligation of a landlord, the court may order the tenant to make the regular rental payments otherwise due under the rental agreement to the clerk of the court or an attorney trust account, to be held in trust for disbursal to the prevailing party, as ordered by the court.

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures

  2. Referred to the House

  3. Cosponsor: Representative Hamilton

  4. House sponsor: Representative Clere

  5. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 113: yeas 47, nays 1

  6. Senators Pol and Becker added as coauthors

  7. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  8. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  9. Senator Yoder added as third author

  10. Senator Walker G added as second author

  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

  12. Authored by Senator Qaddoura

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (143)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 230 do?
Allows a city, county, or town to bring a nuisance action against a tenant or other person responsible for a nuisance. Defines "essential services" as certain utility services needed for the safe and habitable occupation by a tenant of the tenant's rental unit. Defines "essential systems" as certain systems used to deliver essential services to a rental unit. Requires a landlord to repair or replace an essential system not later than 24 hours after being notified by a tenant that the tenant's rental unit is without essential services under certain circumstances. Provides that a tenant may enforce a statutory obligation of a landlord by providing notice of the landlord's noncompliance and allows for certain remedies to the tenant for the landlord's noncompliance. Provides that, during the pendency of a court action brought by a tenant to enforce a statutory obligation of a landlord, the court may order the tenant to make the regular rental payments otherwise due under the rental agreement to the clerk of the court or an attorney trust account, to be held in trust for disbursal to the prevailing party, as ordered by the court.
Who sponsors SB 230?
SB 230 is sponsored by Fady Qaddoura (Democrat), Greg Walker (Republican), Shelli Yoder (Democrat), Rodney Pol (Democrat), Vaneta Becker (Republican), Edward Clere (Republican), and Carey Hamilton (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 230?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 230?
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