Fighting Bed Bugs

This is something I advocated for as a constituent and now as a Representative. It outlines the duties and responsibilities for both landlords and tenants regarding notice, inspection, and treatment of an infestation.
House Bill #5335, among other things:
- Directs landlords to retain a third-party inspector or inspect the unit themselves if tenants report that they know or suspect their unit is infested with bed bugs.
- Requires landlords to hire and pay a pest control agent to treat bed bug infestations if they are unable to successfully treat the infestation themselves.
- Requires a landlord, if he/she treats the infestation him or herself, to have a third-party inspector confirm the treatment's success.
- Makes tenants financially responsible for subsequent treatment costs for their unit and contiguous units if they knowingly and unreasonably fail to comply with treatment measures.
- Prohibits landlords from renting units that they know or suspect are infested with bed bugs.