PRINTER'S NO. 303
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
328
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MADDEN, SCHLOSSBERG, CIRESI, DALEY, DAVIDSON,
A. DAVIS, FIEDLER, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GUZMAN, HANBIDGE, HILL-
EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, INNAMORATO, KENYATTA, KINKEAD, LEE,
MALAGARI, O'MARA, SANCHEZ, SCHWEYER AND WEBSTER,
JANUARY 29, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JANUARY 29, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing
for rent recovery during COVID-19 disaster emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 7309. Rent recovery during COVID-19 disaster emergency.
(a) Payment plan.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, a landlord may not begin eviction proceedings during the
COVID-19 disaster emergency for a tenant without implementing a
rent payment plan in accordance with this section. A landlord
shall implement a rent payment plan for a tenant who is unable
to pay rent during the COVID-19 disaster emergency, if the
tenant provides documentation of any of the following to the
landlord:
(1) The tenant is experiencing a full or partial loss of
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