2026 Regular Session
HB153
Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirement
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with four or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2026, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2026, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement or substantial upgrade of electrical systems or heating systems; and applying the Act prospectively.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 5, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
94 yea–35 nay · 1 not voting · 11 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
30 yea–11 nay · 3 not voting · 3 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
90 yea–30 nay · 20 not voting · 1 absent
Committee referrals
March 6, 2026 · Senate
Judicial Proceedings
January 14, 2026 · House
Economic Matters
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Third Reading Passed (90-30) View roll call
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House Conference Committee Report {293223/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Waldstreicher and West)
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House Senate Refuses Recede
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Senate Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Smith, Waldstreicher and West)
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Senate Senate Refuses Recede
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Senate House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Amprey, Charkoudian and Wivell)
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Senate House Requests Senate Recede
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Senate House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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House House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Amprey, Charkoudian and Wivell)
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House House Requests Senate Recede
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House House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (30-11) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Adopted
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Senate Motion Special Order until 4/8 (Senator West) Adopted
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Senate Committee Amendment Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {543127/1
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
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Senate Referred Judicial Proceedings
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House Third Reading Passed (94-35) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {503024/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Economic Matters
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House Pre-filed