OK HB1083

State preemption of all residential tenancy regulations, superseding local government rules on tenant screening, security deposits, application fees, lease terms, landlord-tenant rights, and notice requirements

Landlords prohibited from retaliating within 60 days against tenants who exercise legal rights, request repairs, or file good-faith complaints about code violations or utility problems with government entities

Retaliatory actions include filing eviction proceedings without legitimate cause, depriving tenants of premises use, increasing rent, terminating leases, or engaging in bad-faith conduct interfering with tenant rights

Tenants may recover one month's rent as civil penalty, actual damages, court costs, and attorney fees for proven landlord retaliation, minus any delinquent rent owed

Landlords may recover immediate possession, court costs, attorney fees, and a civil penalty of one month's rent plus $500 for second or subsequent bad-faith retaliation claims by tenants