HB 5122 Summary

• Prohibits housing providers from denying rental applications based on criminal convictions after 3 years for misdemeanors or 10 years for felonies, calculated from conviction or release from confinement, whichever occurs later.

• Restricts consideration of convictions to only those crimes involving physical violence, drug manufacturing/distribution, certain sexual offenses, DUI violations, or financial fraud that would adversely affect tenant health and safety.

• Requires housing providers to notify applicants when their application requires further review due to criminal history and allow applicants to present mitigating evidence and information about rehabilitation.

• Prohibits consideration of arrest records or charges not resulting in conviction, and erased convictions cannot be used to reject applications.

• Exempts public housing applicants with methamphetamine manufacturing convictions on federal housing premises and those subject to lifetime sexual offender registration requirements; also exempts single-family rentals and owner-occupied 4-unit properties.

• Effective October 1, 2020; establishes 180-day complaint filing deadline and 100-day investigation timeline for alleged violations.