PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1808
PRINTER'S NO. 2724
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1549
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MADSEN, SMITH-WADE-EL, MADDEN, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN,
McNEILL, KAZEEM, PIELLI, ABNEY, KINSEY, BURGOS, SANCHEZ,
SCOTT, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, KIM, INNAMORATO, DELLOSO, HOWARD,
GUENST, GREEN, FIEDLER, OTTEN, KHAN AND KRAJEWSKI,
JUNE 29, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 18, 2024
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 tenement buildings and multiple
dwelling premises, further providing for landlord's duties;
and providing for tenant relocation payments.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 502-A of the act of April 6, 1951
(P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951,
is amended to read:
Section 502-A. Landlord's Duties.--The following:
(1) The retention of control of the stairways, passages,
roadways and other common facilities of a tenement building or
multiple dwelling premises places upon the landlord, or other
possessor, the duty of reasonable care for safety in use. This
responsibility of the landlord extends not alone to the
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