As reported in the Statesman Journal, the first legislative session occurred on Monday, February 4, 2019. If you are a property owner and/or landlord, and are wondering about the tone of recent politics, these quotes from the Statesman Journal will quickly get you up to speed.
Here are the “highlights” of the article:
- Republicans were told weeks ahead of the upper chamber’s first and only public hearing for Senate Bill 608 that no amendments would be considered — a departure for the usually congenial Senate.
- The bill, which now goes to the full Senate for consideration, would limit rent increases to one per year and cap the maximum rent increase to 7 percent above the yearly consumer price index.
- It also would prohibit landlords from issuing no-cause evictions after a month-to-month tenant has lived in a rental longer than a year.
It appears there is no real dialogue about the efficacy of the bill, as democrats were adamant that no amendments would occur.
From the article:
“Republicans were told weeks ahead of the upper chamber’s first and only public hearing for Senate Bill 608 that no amendments would be considered — a departure for the usually congenial Senate.”
