Indiana Senate Bill 235

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-29 - Senator Walker G added as second author
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Landlord-tenant relations. Allows a city, county, or town to bring a nuisance action against a tenant or other person responsible for a nuisance. Requires a landlord to repair or replace an essential item not later than 24 hours after being notified by a tenant that the tenant's rental unit is without certain essential services. Provides that a tenant may bring an enforcement action against a landlord by providing notice of the landlord's noncompliance and allows for certain remedies to a prevailing tenant. Allows a court to order that a tenant's regular rental payments are paid into an attorney trust account or to the clerk of the court during the pendency of an enforcement action brought by the tenant.

Landlord-tenant relations.

Sen. Ronnie Alting [R]

Sen. Greg Walker [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-29	Senate	Senator Walker G added as second author
2024-01-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Alting

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/235/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0235/SB0235.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0235/fiscal-notes/SB0235.01.INTR.FN001.pdf