Bill
HB 876
GA tenants gain a right-to-repair: hire licensed pros if landlords miss repairs within 14 days, offset rent up to 50%, and possibly terminate the lease after 60 days.
Note up front: the material provided appears to combine text from several different bills and jurisdictions under the label “HB 876.” The bill title you supplied (“MS Emergency Drinking Water Network Act; create”) does not appear in the body text. The body includes three distinct legislative drafts: (A) a Georgia landlord–tenant “right to repair” measure, (B) a Hawaii amendment expanding a healthcare preceptor tax credit, and (C) a minor Illinois technical amendment to the State Comptroller Act. Below I summarize each separately, and then note the procedural/metadata issues.
Purpose
- Strengthen tenants’ repair remedies by allowing tenants to hire licensed professionals to fix “material defects” that landlords fail to repair, permit rent offsets for reasonable repair costs, and permit lease termination in certain circumstances.
Key provisions
- Defines “material defect” (code, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, supplied fixtures/appliances).
- 14‑day repair rule: If landlord does not repair a material defect within 14 days of written notice, tenant may engage a preapproved licensed professional (named in the lease or previously identified by landlord) or any licensed professional if none preapproved.
- Rent offset: Tenant may reduce the next rental installment by repair cost (must provide receipts); reductions capped at 50% of any rental installment. If repair cost exceeds 50% of one installment, tenant may reduce subsequent installments (still no more than 50% each) until costs recovered.
- Termination: If landlord fails to repair within 60 days of written notice, tenant may terminate the lease after providing 30 days’ further written notice — but only if the tenant has not already started the repair under the 14‑day remedy.
- Shared facilities: Tenants must notify co‑tenants and arrange repair to minimize inconvenience.
- Anti‑retaliation: Landlord may not terminate, refuse renewal, or take adverse action because a tenant exercised these rights. Aggrieved tenants can sue and seek remedies as in Code §8‑3‑217.
- Applicability: Applies to residential rental/lease agreements entered into on or after July 1, 2025, and renewals/modifications/extensions entered on/after that date.
Who is affected
- Residential tenants and landlords in Georgia (new/renewed leases from July 1, 2025).
- Licensed contractors/preapproved professionals who perform repairs.
Potential impacts
- Increases tenant protections and leverage to secure timely repairs.
- Adds compliance and potential liability/risk of rent offsets for landlords.
- Could lead to greater tenant‑landlord litigation over “reasonable cost,” proof, and timing.
Purpose
- Broaden the existing preceptor tax credit to include more health professions and allied behavioral health professions, to increase available preceptors and clinical training slots in the state.
Key provisions
- Expands definitions in Section 235‑110.25(g) to include additional “eligible professional degrees” and “eligible students”: psychology, physician assistants, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, clinical social workers, rehabilitation counselors, and school counselors (in addition to physicians, APNs, pharmacists, etc.).
- Expands the list of qualifying “preceptors” to include the above professions and clarifies residency/practice requirements in Hawaii and that specialties must support development of eligible students in primary care.
- Clarifies which accrediting bodies count as “nationally accredited” for various professions (some accreditation references truncated in the supplied text).
Who is affected
- Health‑professions students, preceptors, and educational programs in Hawaii.
- State fiscal exposure depending on tax credit utilization.
Potential impacts
- May increase volunteer preceptor participation and clinical training capacity.
- Could modestly reduce state tax revenue (depending on program uptake) but aim is workforce development.
Purpose
- Correct a typographical/technical issue in the short‑title section of the State Comptroller Act (removes duplicated word “and and”).
Key provisions
- Amends Section 1 to set the short title to “State Comptroller Act.” No substantive policy change.
Who is affected
- No substantive effect on policy — purely technical.
If you want, I can:
- Produce a focused summary for only the Georgia right‑to‑repair draft or only the Hawaii preceptor amendment; or
- Track down the correct HB 876 for the Mississippi Emergency Drinking Water Network Act (if that’s the target) and summarize it. Which would you prefer?
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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