HB 3521 — Requires residential landlords to pay a minimum amount of damages for breaching an agreement to later execute a rental agreement of a habitable dwelling unit in exchange for holding a deposit, unless the deposit is returned within five business days or repayment is excused based on an act of God.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-06
<b>Digest: This Act awards an applicant money from a landlord who breaks a promise to rent a home and does not return the deposit soon after. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0).</b> [<i>Digest: This Act awards damages if a landlord revokes an offer of housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>] Requires residential landlords to pay a minimum amount of damages for breaching an agreement to later execute a rental agreement <b>of a habitable dwelling unit</b> in exchange for holding a deposit<b>, unless the deposit is returned within five business days or repayment is excused based on an act of God</b>.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Hartman, Annessa (D, OR-40) — sponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
- Nathanson, Nancy (D, OR-13) — cosponsor
- Jama, Kayse (D, OR-24) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Nguyen, Hoa (D, OR-48) — cosponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
- Chotzen, Willy (D, OR-46) — cosponsor
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Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-06 | Andersen, Tom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Chotzen, Willy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Gamba, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Hartman, Annessa | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Nathanson, Nancy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Nguyen, Hoa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Jama, Kayse | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-06 | Patterson, Deb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartman, Annessa (D, state_lower OR-40) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jama, Kayse (D, state_upper OR-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Nathanson, Nancy (D, state_lower OR-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nguyen, Hoa (D, state_lower OR-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Chotzen, Willy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · sponsored by Hartman, Annessa (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Nguyen, Hoa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Gamba, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Nathanson, Nancy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Jama, Kayse (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-06 · cosponsored by Andersen, Tom (cosponsor) · sponsorship