2017 House Bill 4719

Establish rental unit bedbug procedures

Introduced in the House

June 8, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Brandt Iden (R-61)

To prohibit a landlord from renting a unit that he or she knows is infested with bedbugs; prohibit tenants from moving infested items into a unit or attempting to apply pest control treatments themselves; and require tenants to grant reasonable access to professional pest management personnel and comply with the control protocols established by the landlord. Tenants who cause an infestation would be responsible for treatment costs, and landlords who follow the rules would have limited liability for the infestation and items damaged by treatment.

Referred to the Committee on Law and Justice