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SB 1523 — Defines "tenant portal" for the purposes of residential tenancies.

Congress · introduced 2026-01-14

Digest: This Act allows a tenant or applicant for housing to opt not to use a tenant portal or to pay by card or electronic means. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Defines "tenant portal" for the purposes of residential tenancies. Requires landlords to provide an alternative to a tenant portal in response to a request from an applicant or tenant<b> under certain circumstances</b>. Prohibits landlords from requiring payments via a tenant portal, card or electronic means. Requires landlords to provide an alternative to a tenant portal to access common areas of the premises. Allows landlords to charge tenants for payment processing fees for payments made by credit card or tenant portal. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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Sponsors

No sponsorships on file.

Action timeline

  1. · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
  2. · state_upper — Referred to Housing and Development.
  3. · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
  4. · state_upper — Work Session held.
  5. · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
  6. · state_upper — Second reading.
  7. · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed.
  8. · state_upper — Girod declared potential conflict of interest.
  9. · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  10. · state_lower — Referred to Housing and Homelessness.
  11. · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
  12. · state_lower — Work Session held.
  13. · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass.
  14. · state_lower — Second reading.
  15. · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed.
  16. · state_upper — President signed.
  17. · state_lower — Speaker signed.
  18. · state_upper — Governor signed.
  19. · state_upper — Chapter 23, 2026 Laws.
  20. · state_upper — Effective date, June 5, 2026.

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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

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