PRINTER'S NO. 3548
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2873
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY COVINGTON, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ,
MADDEN, KINKEAD, SIMS AND CIRESI, OCTOBER 14, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, OCTOBER 14, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), entitled "An
act relating to the rights, obligations and liabilities of
landlord and tenant and of parties dealing with them and
amending, revising, changing and consolidating the law
relating thereto," in recovery of possession, providing for
waiver of tenants' rights.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known
as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 515. Waiver of Tenants' Rights.--(a) No lease may
contain a provision that requires the tenant to waive or
relinquish a right or that impairs a right of the tenant
relating to the recovery of possession as provided in this act.
(b) It shall be a violation of this act for a landlord to
require a tenant to execute, or coerce a tenant into executing,
a lease that contains a provision in violation of subsection
(a).
(c) A landlord that enters into a lease in violation of this
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