PRINTER'S NO. 3631
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2465
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, THOMAS, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG, YOUNGBLOOD,
CALTAGIRONE, CEPHAS AND HILL-EVANS, JUNE 6, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JUNE 6, 2018
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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section shall forfeit and repay all rent and security deposits
paid by the tenant under the lease.
Section 2. This act shall apply to leases entered into or
renewed after the effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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