Pennsylvania SB 1364: An Act amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L. 491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, in training and certification of inspectors, providing for residential building inspectors and for providers.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1779
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1364
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY SAVAL, PISCIOTTANO, STREET, HAYWOOD, TARTAGLIONE,
KIM, KEARNEY, COSTA, VOGEL, KANE AND SCHWANK, JUNE 5, 2026
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, JUNE 5, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), entitled "An
act relating to the rights, obligations and liabilities of
landlord and tenant and of parties dealing with them and
amending, revising, changing and consolidating the law
relating thereto," in creation of leases, statute of frauds
and mortgaging of leaseholds, further providing for leases
for not more than three years and for leases for more than
three years and providing for notice of building credit
through rent reporting program for residential leases; and
providing for reporting rent payment information to consumer
reporting agency program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 201 and 202 of the act of April 6, 1951
(P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951,
are amended to read:
Section 201. Leases for Not More Than Three Years.--[Real]
Subject to section 207, real property, including any personal
property thereon, may be leased for a term of not more than
three years by a landlord or his agent to a tenant or his agent,
by oral or written contract or agreement.
Section 202. Leases for More Than Three Years.--[Real]
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Subject to section 207, real property, including any personal
property thereon, may be leased for a term of more than three
years by a landlord to a tenant or by their respective agents
lawfully authorized in writing. Any such lease must be in
writing and signed by the parties making or creating the same,
otherwise it shall have the force and effect of a lease at will
only and shall not be given any greater force or effect either
in law or equity, notwithstanding any consideration therefor,
unless the tenancy has continued for more than one year and the
landlord and tenant have recognized its rightful existence by
claiming and admitting liability for the rent, in which case the
tenancy shall become one from year to year.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 207. Notice of Building Credit through Rent
Reporting Program for Residential Leases.-- (a) Except as
provided in subsection (c), a lease made under section 201 or
202 for an individual dwelling unit on residential property with
a landlord or a landlord's agent which is required to establish
a building credit through rent reporting program under Article
II-A shall include written notice of the program in a form
prescribed under Article II-A and a written receipt of notice
that shall be signed by the tenant or the tenant's agent at the
time of entering the lease regardless of the tenant's
eligibility for the program.
(b) Written notice and signed receipt are required under
subsection (a) whether the lease is oral or written and does not
depend on the duration of the term of the lease.
(c) Unless otherwise required by law or the program
established by a landlord or the landlord's agent, when a
landlord or the landlord's agent is in possession of a receipt
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of notice signed by a tenant or the tenant's agent, no
additional receipt of notice is required at the time of entering
or renewal of the subsequent and consecutive lease if the
subsequent and consecutive lease is for the same individual
dwelling unit with a term of equal duration entered or renewed
automatically or by reconstitution or holdover.
(d) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Dwelling unit" means a portion of real property, including
any personal property, designated for a separate occupancy, the
boundaries of which are determined by a landlord subject to the
terms of the lease. The term does not include a portion of real
property or space owned by a landlord and subject to lease for
the placement of a home owned by a tenant.
"Program" means a building credit through rent reporting
program established by a landlord under Article II-A.
"Written notice" means any writing by hand or typed,
including an electronic communication if the electronic
communication is sent to an email address specified by the
receiving party.
Section 3. The act is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE II-A.
REPORTING RENT PAYMENT INFORMATION
TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY PROGRAM.
Section 201-A. Scope of article.
This article provides for the reporting of a tenant's on-time
rent payment information to consumer reporting agencies through
an opt-in program offered by the landlord or the landlord's
agent to a tenant leasing an individual dwelling unit of real
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