H.R. 1078 · 119th Congress

Respect State Housing Laws Act

Introduced on Feb 6, 2025 by Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11). 58 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 25, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 446.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
Cosponsors
58
2 from the other party
Policy area
Housing and Community Development
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Landlord and tenant
  • Low- and moderate-income housing
  • Public housing

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 6, 2025). Public domain.

Respect State Housing Laws Act

This bill eliminates a provision that requires a 30-day notice period before a landlord may begin eviction proceedings against a tenant in federally assisted or federally backed housing.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Barry LoudermilkR-GA-11Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 56

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 6, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  4. Dec 16, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Dec 17, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Dec 17, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 22.
  7. Feb 25, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-521.
  8. Feb 25, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-521.
  9. Feb 25, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 446.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION11 reports
    $4.1M reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS6 reports
    $84.2M reported (all issues)
  3. NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL6 reports
    $12.9M reported (all issues)
  4. Americans for Financial Reform1 report
    $150K reported (all issues)
  5. CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP1 report
    $80K reported (all issues)
  6. Monarch Investments1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  7. National Legal Aid and Defender Association1 report

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.