H.B. 1433 - Eviction Mediation Summary

• Extends the notice period for termination of rental agreements from five business days to ten calendar days and requires landlords to provide tenants with specific contact information, the rent amount due, and information about state-funded mediation services.

• Requires landlords to submit the ten-calendar-day notice to a state-funded mediation center and mandates participation in mediation if the tenant schedules a session within the ten-day period.

• Delays filing of summary possession actions to thirty calendar days after tenant receipt of notice if mediation is scheduled, unless the tenant fails to appear or cancels the mediation.

• Establishes that each party bears its own costs and attorney's fees in pre-litigation mediation; however, if the tenant defaults on a mediated agreement or fails to attend scheduled mediation, the landlord may recover all mediation-related costs and attorney's fees.

• Appropriates funds to the judiciary to contract for mediation services; establishes the program effective February 5, 2026, with the entire act set to expire and be repealed on February 4, 2027.