HB 5671 - Hotel and Lodging Pricing Protection Act

• Prohibits charging excessively increased prices for lodging (hotels, bed & breakfasts, rental housing) during or within 30 days after a declared state of emergency, defined as a price increase of more than 10% unless attributable to increased costs or regularly scheduled seasonal adjustments.

• Restricts rental price increases to no more than 10% during a state of emergency and for 30 days after termination, with limited exceptions for contractually agreed increases or amortized repair costs exceeding 5%.

• Prevents landlords from evicting tenants during an emergency and renting to new tenants at higher prices than allowed under the act; establishes exceptions for evictions lawfully started before the emergency or for uninhabitable properties.

• Creates enforcement mechanisms including attorney general authority to investigate violations, bring class actions for actual damages or $100 minimum per person, and civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation for individuals and $1,000,000 for other entities.

• Establishes criminal liability as a misdemeanor punishable by up to 2 years imprisonment or up to $10,000 in fines for individuals (or $1,000,000 for other entities) for intentional violations.