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TX HB320

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires landlords to notify tenants within two business days when a previously provided telephone number becomes incorrect, using mail, personal delivery, text message, online portal, or email (if tenant has communicated via email or provided an email address)

  • Mandates tenants provide contact information (telephone number and email address) to landlords within a reasonable time after the lease begins, and update this information within two business days of any changes

  • Expands landlord disclosure requirements to include a telephone number, email address, or other reasonable contact method for reaching the landlord or management company during normal business hours

  • Limits tenant remedies to only obtaining a court order if the landlord fails to disclose required information but the tenant suffers no actual damages; full remedies (including one month's rent plus $100, attorney's fees, and lease termination) remain available only when damages occur

  • Provides a 30-day extension for landlords to comply with contact information update requirements during a governor-declared state of disaster, and bars tenants from seeking remedies unless they are in compliance with their own contact information duties

Legislative Description

Relating to a residential landlord's and tenant's duties regarding the provision of certain information.

Property Interests

Last Action

Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

2/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development2/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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