SB 717 – Changes the amount of damages that a tenant can recover when the security deposit is wrongfully withheld by a landlord

• Sponsor: Curls
• LR Number: 4413S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 1/11/2016 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Journal Page: S98
• Effective Date: August 28, 2016

Current Bill Summary

SB 717 - Currently, if a landlord wrongfully withholds any portion of the security deposit then the tenant can recover as damages not more than twice the amount withheld. This act provides that a tenant shall recover as damages twice the amount wrongfully withheld by the landlord.

This act is identical to provisions in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1862 (2016) and SCS/SB 743 (2016) and to SB 182 (2015), HB 2283 (2014), and HB 884 (2013).

JESSI BAKER