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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5678: Residential landlord-tenant

Preparing for revisions to the residential landlord-tenant act by creating a task force and establishing a moratorium on new residential landlord-tenant regulations.

Summary

  • Creates a task force to study and make recommendations regarding potential updates to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act and report its findings and recommendations to Legislature by July 1, 2027.
  • Prohibits counties, cities, code cities, and towns from enacting or creating new ordinances, development regulations, zoning regulations, official controls, policies or administrative practices that regulates the residential landlord-tenant relationship for 36-months.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5678), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Perry Dozier (R-16)
Introduced
February 6, 2025 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2026
Companion bill
HB 1088
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to preparing for revisions to the residential landlord-tenant act by creating a task force and establishing a moratorium on new residential landlord-tenant regulations;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Perry Dozier (R-16)

2 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

John Braun R-20Jeff Wilson R-19

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Housing.

SB 5678 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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