HB 23-1099 Summary

• Allows prospective tenants to provide landlords with portable tenant screening reports prepared by consumer reporting agencies, which must include name, contact information, employment/income verification, address history, rental/credit history, and criminal history records.

• Prohibits landlords from charging rental application fees to prospective tenants who submit a portable screening report; landlords also cannot charge fees to access or use the submitted report.

• Requires landlords to notify prospective tenants in advertisements and applications (in at least 12-point bold font) of their right to provide a portable screening report and that doing so exempts them from application fees.

• Exempts small landlords who accept only one application fee at a time and refund fees within 20 calendar days after lease negotiations end from the portable screening report requirements.

• Establishes liability of $2,500 plus court costs and attorney fees for violations, reducible to a $50 penalty if the landlord corrects the violation within seven calendar days of notice; expands Attorney General enforcement authority to include the rental application fairness law.