SPONSOR: Washington
This bill specifies that, if a landlord evicts a tenant in violation of any statute or county or municipal ordinance, the landlord shall be guilty of a class E felony.
The bill also increases the penalty for assault in the 4th degree, a class A misdemeanor in most cases, to a class E felony if the victim is a tenant in a landlord-tenant relationship. If the assault on the tenant involves a weapon, it is a class C felony.
This bill is the same as HB 175 (2019).
Statutes affected: