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What changed in your state, and when.

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Laws starting in 2027, one line per state

Signed laws only. A bill is not listed until it is law, and the day each law starts is read from the law’s own text. City and county rules are not covered.

Signed laws found so far, each line dated

  1. California: 7 signed laws start in 2027: six on Jan 1 (two of them one eviction rule and its later fix) and one on Apr 1. Next: Jan 1, 2027. Found as of Nov 3, 2026.

  2. Florida: nothing signed starts in 2027 so far. Voters passed Amendment 3 on Nov 3, 2026: beginning Jan 1, 2027, the yearly cap on assessment increases for residential property of nine units or fewer goes from 10% to 5%, for all levies other than school district levies (constitutional text); the tally is unofficial until certified, due Nov 17. Next: no date. Found as of Nov 3, 2026.

  3. Illinois: 2 signed laws start Jan 1, 2027: PA 104-0479 (HB 3564), fee rules: non-optional fees on page one, 11 fees banned by name, a $50 application cap, with leases for “dwelling units in owner-occupied premises containing 6 units or fewer” outside it, so at one to four units the exemption turns on the owner living there; and PA 104-0793 (HB 5284), which adds menopause-related conditions to pregnancy in the Human Rights Act. A third, PA 104-744, starts Jun 1; how far it reaches into housing is a lawyer’s question, so it stays off this list until the state’s own text or guidance answers it. Next: Jan 1, 2027. Found as of Nov 6, 2026.

  4. New York: could not check. Read Nov 6, 2026: the New York landlord measures we track, on the Assembly’s pages; none is signed, and none has reached the governor. Not read: the state’s full list of 2026 laws. The Senate’s site refuses our reads and our key to the state’s legislative data is not issued yet, so a law signed in 2026 outside what we track would not show here. Next: no date. Found as of Nov 6, 2026.

  5. Oregon: 2 signed laws start Jan 1, 2027: HB 4120 (Or. Laws 2026, ch. 60), a no-smoking rule mid-tenancy for shared-wall units, a permission rather than a duty; and HB 3525 (Or. Laws 2025, ch. 574), well-water testing for a unit on an exempt well inside a ground water quality management area, with the rules proposed and comments closing Dec 2; plus the yearly cap figure, 10%. On Sep 28 the trial delay for new parents ends (SB 690, read Nov 3). Next: Jan 1, 2027. Found as of Nov 6, 2026.

  6. Texas: nothing signed starts in 2027 so far. The Legislature had no session in 2026; the last landlord-tenant changes started Jan 1, 2026 (evictions, SB 38) and Sep 1, 2025. The next session opens Jan 12, 2027, and what it passes starts, by default, on Aug 30, 2027, though most bills pick Sep 1. Checked: every Texas law from 2025 (the regular session and both special sessions) and the Supreme Court’s rule orders through Oct 30, 2026; agency rules not checked. Next: no date.

  7. Virginia: 4 signed laws start Jan 1, 2027 (chapters 998/1052, portable solar, binding owners of more than four units or of more than a 10 percent interest in more than four; 1111, retaliation; 1117, fire or casualty; 1118, rent escrow), and 5 more on Jul 1 (783/784, a nonpayment notice must carry a statement of charges and payments for the tenancy or the past 12 months, no unit line; 1050, disclosures before an application, no unit line; 640, a ledger on request, with owners of fewer than four units outside it unless they take state or local rental or utility assistance funds on behalf of the tenant; 1066 and 1105, rent increase notice and payment plans, owners of more than four units or of more than a 10 percent interest in more than four). Nine in all; a chapter pair is one law. The Act itself has no general small-owner exemption. Next: Jan 1, 2027. Found as of Nov 6, 2026.

  8. Washington: 2 signed laws start Jan 1, 2027: 2026 c 55, smart access systems (a plain key on request, privacy and data limits), and 2026 c 234, three flood disclosures, in force since Jun 11, 2026, with Jan 1 the first day a lease can be caught (leases entered into after Dec 31, 2026), plus the yearly cap figure for 2027 (RCW 59.18.700, 10%). Next: Jan 1, 2027. Found as of Nov 6, 2026.

How these counts were made

California’s count comes from all 1,040 laws the state enacted in 2026, read section by section against the landlord sections we track, plus earlier laws that switch on Jan 1, 2027. The other seven did not get the same check: each state’s check differs, and each state’s page says what was read, what was not, and through what date. Missed one? Write to hello@landlorddispatch.com.