Bill Summary

Affirmative defenses in eviction actions. Allows a tenant or a member of a tenant’s household to establish an affirmative defense to an action brought by a landlord to evict the tenant or the member of a tenant’s household from a rental premises if the tenant or member of a tenant’s household presents evidence that the landlord’s action is substantially in response to the tenant or the member of a tenant’s household engaging in or causing the occurrence of at least one of the following acts within 12 months before the date the landlord brought the action: (1) Making a good

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Status

Bill Text

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2016-01-05 http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/d/5/9/dd59eadd/HB1091.01.INTR.pdf

Votes

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Amendments

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Bill History

Date Action
2016-01-05First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2016-01-05Authored by Representative Shackleford

Sponsors

Name District
Robin ShacklefordHD-098