SB 825: JUDICIARY; EVICTION MEDIATION; PRELITIGATION MEDIATION PILOT PROGRAM; SUMMARY POSSESSION; LANDLORDS; TENANTS; REPORT; APPROPRIATIONS

Beginning 2/5/2026, extends the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement from five business days to ten calendar days; requires landlords, or their agents, and tenants to engage in mediation and requires landlords and their agents to delay filing an action for summary possession if a tenant schedules mediation; requires landlords or their agents to provide specific information in the ten-calendar-day notice to tenants; and requires mediation to take place within thirty days from the date that a mediation center makes contact with both the landlord, or the landlord's agent, and tenant.  Requires the Judiciary to submit a report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.  Sunsets 2/4/2028 but preserves the extension of the period for a notice of termination of a rental agreement from five business days to ten calendar days.  (CD1)