Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3974
Limits the applicant screening charge a residential landlord may collect to $20.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: This Act caps screening fees paid by residential tenants. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Limits the applicant screening charge a residential landlord may collect to $20. Extends certain screening requirements to include landlords who do not collect an applicant screening charge. Allows landlords to alternatively accept third-party screening reports provided by an applicant.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsors
7 co-sponsors
Pam Marsh, David Gomberg, Paul Evans, Nancy Nathanson, John Lively, Tom Andersen, Willy Chotzen
In the Senate
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
3 co-sponsors
Its course
May 19 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesMay 19 to Jun 27 · stopped39 days
Waiting for a committeeMay 19 to May 212 days
RulesMay 21 to Jun 27 · stopped37 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives May 19 – Jun 27
All 4 actions, as published
- May 19First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- May 21Referred to Rules.House of Representatives
- Jun 2Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives