Requires residential landlords to pay a minimum amount of damages for breaching an agreement to later execute a rental agreement of a habitable dwelling unit in exchange for holding a deposit, unless the deposit is returned within five business days or repayment is excused based on an act of God.

What it does: <b>Digest: This Act awards an applicant money from a landlord who breaks a promise to rent a home and does not return the deposit soon after. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0).</b> [<i>Digest: This Act awards damages if a landlord revokes an offer of housing. (official summary)

Question before the chamber: Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed.

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