S.B. 1388 Summary

• Extends the notice period for summary possession actions from five business days to fifteen calendar days, requiring landlords to provide specified information including contact details, rent amounts due, and rental assistance status.

• Mandates that landlords provide the fifteen-day notice to mediation centers offering free residential landlord-tenant mediation, and requires landlords to participate in mediation if tenants schedule it.

• Delays summary possession filings to thirty calendar days if a tenant schedules mediation within the initial fifteen-day period, regardless of whether the mediation session occurs within that window.

• Restricts landlords' ability to file for possession based on the time elapsed after the governor's final COVID-19 eviction moratorium expires, requiring rent arrears of four months (first 30 days), three months (31-91 days), two months (92-152 days), or one month (153-365 days).

• Appropriates funds to the judiciary for contracting mediation services and repeals this Act on December 31, 2022, or one year after the final eviction moratorium expires, whichever is sooner.