State landlord-tenant law changes year to year. This page is the public log of the statute changes our team has tracked across the ten states LeaseKit covers, with the bill that drove the change, the effective date, and the LeaseKit templates we updated in response.
New entries are added at the top. Older entries are not deleted; the history stays visible so you can audit what we have followed. Not legal advice.
January 1, 2026 路 Texas 路 SB 38 (89th Leg.)
SB 38 tightens Texas eviction procedure
Tex. Prop. Code Chapter 24 + Texas Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 510
The 89th Legislature's SB 38 updates justice-court eviction rules, including service, writ of possession timelines, and notice documentation. Effective January 1, 2026. Texas landlords filing evictions in 2026 need the current Rule 510 text and the SB 38 notice checklist on file.
Templates updated
- Texas notice to quit
- Texas residential lease
Templates last refreshed: April 24, 2026
July 1, 2024 路 Georgia 路 HB 404 (Safe at Home Act)
HB 404 adjusts Georgia eviction and habitability rules
OCGA 44-7 and related eviction procedure
Georgia HB 404 (the Safe at Home Act) establishes a statutory habitability duty for Georgia landlords and updates notice and eviction requirements. Our Georgia lease includes habitability and notice language consistent with HB 404.
Templates updated
- Georgia residential lease
- Georgia notice to quit
Templates last refreshed: April 20, 2026
July 1, 2024 路 California 路 AB 12 (2023)
AB 12 caps security deposit at one month
Cal. Civ. Code 1950.5(c)(1)
Effective July 1, 2024, a California residential landlord may not demand or receive a security deposit greater than one month's rent, furnished or unfurnished. A narrow small-landlord carve-out at 1950.5(c)(5) still allows up to two months (unfurnished) or three months (furnished) for natural-person landlords owning no more than two rental properties totaling no more than four units. Service-member tenants are always one month unfurnished.
Templates updated
- California residential lease
Templates last refreshed: April 20, 2026
April 20, 2024 路 New York 路 Good Cause (2024)
Good Cause eviction protections extended statewide
NY Real Property Law 226-c and related provisions
New York's Good Cause eviction law extends protections against termination without cause and caps rent increases at a presumptive level in covered buildings. Coverage and exemptions are complex and stack on top of New York City's existing rent stabilization regime. Our New York lease reflects Good Cause opt-in and exemption-notice patterns.
Templates updated
- New York residential lease
- New York notice to quit
Templates last refreshed: April 20, 2026
January 1, 2024 路 California 路 AB 414 (2023)
AB 414 renumbers 1950.5 subsections
Cal. Civ. Code 1950.5 (subsection renumbering)
AB 414 renumbered several subsections of 1950.5 without changing substance. Templates that cite old subsection letters (for example, the pre-AB 414 small-landlord carve-out citation) need to be updated to reflect the post-renumbering numbering. Our California lease reflects the updated subsection letters.
Templates updated
- California residential lease
Templates last refreshed: April 20, 2026
July 1, 2023 路 Washington 路 HB 1217
HB 1217 updates Washington late-fee rules
RCW 59.18.170 (late fees) and related
Washington HB 1217 updates how landlords can charge late fees on residential tenancies, including a cap and timing rules. Our Washington lease late-fee clause uses the post-HB 1217 parameters.
Templates updated
- Washington residential lease
Templates last refreshed: April 20, 2026
January 1, 2022 路 Texas 路 HB 531 (87th Leg.)
HB 531 requires written flood disclosure in Texas leases
Tex. Prop. Code 92.0135
For leases signed on or after January 1, 2022, Texas landlords must disclose in writing whether the dwelling is in a 100-year floodplain and whether it has flooded at least once in the last five years. Failure to disclose gives the tenant termination rights if the unit later floods. Our Texas lease includes the statutory form language.
Templates updated
Templates last refreshed: April 20, 2026
October 8, 2019 路 California 路 AB 1482
AB 1482 Tenant Protection Act (baseline, cited for coverage)
Cal. Civ. Code 1946.2 and 1947.12
AB 1482 caps annual rent increases on covered California units at the lower of 5% plus local CPI or 10%, and requires just cause for termination after twelve continuous months of occupancy. Not new in 2026 but a baseline every California lease must address with a compliant exemption notice for single-family homes and other exempt categories.
Templates updated
- California residential lease
- California rent increase notice
- California notice to quit
Templates last refreshed: April 20, 2026
How we track
Our review cadence.
Quarterly, our team reviews each state legislature鈥檚 session bills, the state statute portals (CA leginfo, TX statutes.capitol, FL flsenate.gov, NY senate.gov, IL ILGA, GA legis, PA general assembly, OH legislature, NC general assembly, WA leg.wa.gov), and the practitioner news feeds in those jurisdictions. Anything that affects a clause we generate or a disclosure we serve gets logged here. Templates ship the next time we deploy.
If you spot a change we have missed, write us at [email protected] and we will add it.