HB2188 Summary

• Amends Section 127A-14 to clarify that emergency proclamations without a stated time of effect take effect at twelve noon on the day of issuance.

• Adds prohibition on landlords increasing rent for residential units in emergency or severe weather warning areas if the increase was not previously documented in a written lease signed by the tenant before the declaration or warning.

• Establishes that rent increase prohibitions remain in effect for an unspecified number of days after severe weather warnings are canceled or after emergency declarations (blank periods to be filled in).

• Maintains existing prohibitions on price increases for commodities and restrictions on terminating residential tenancies during emergencies and severe weather warnings.

• Takes effect upon approval.