BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 6271: Mobile home closure notices

Extending the closure notice period for manufactured/mobile home communities.

Summary

  • Requires manufactured/mobile home community (MHC) landlords to provide tenants with three years' notice before closure or conversion of the MHC.
  • Requires tenants who sell a home within the MHC to provide the buyer with a copy of any closure notice in effect at least 15 days before the intended sale, with a copy to be provided by the landlord at least 7 days before the intended sale.
  • Exempts landlords from the three-year closure notice requirement if they establish a process for compensating the tenants for the loss of their homes and compensates the tenants for such loss during the closure period at the market value of the home or $5,000, whichever is greater.
  • Extends the 90-day notice to vacate period after the tenant receives compensation for their home to 120 days.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6271), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 2020
  2. Out of committeeFeb 4, 2020
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Senator (D-47)
Introduced
January 14, 2020 in the Senate
Last action
February 24, 2020
Companion bill
HB 2657
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to extending the closure notice period for manufactured/mobile home communities;

Sponsors

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file.
  2. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  3. Minority; without recommendation.
  4. Minority; do not pass.
  5. HSA - Majority; do pass.
  6. First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability.

SB 6271 in other sessions

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