BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 6139: Rental payments

Concerning partial rental payments and rental payment methods of an unlawful detainer action or issuance of a writ of restitution.

Summary

Requires landlords, in the event of a late rental payment, to make available any means of payments agreed to in the rental agreement and any means previously accepted during the tenancy.
Specifies that a partial payment of past-due rent does not constitute a reinstatement of the lease, and is not grounds for dismissal or alter the five-court-day deadline of a pending unlawful detainer proceeding.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6139), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to partial rental payments and rental payment methods of an unlawful detainer action or issuance of a writ of restitution;

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

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

SB 6139 (2023–24) Health subsidy/retirees · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6139 (2019–20) Aerospace tech. innovation · Enacted · Chapter 306, Laws of 2020
SB 6139 (2017–18) Public records/leg. & courts · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6139 (2015–16) Initiative & referendum sigs · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6139 (2013–14) Patient health care info · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6139 (2011–12) Large wild carnivores · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6139 (2009–10) Higher education T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6139 (2007–08) Salmon guides · Did not pass · died in committee