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S. 470
U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee
Summary
S. 470, the Respect State Housing Laws Act, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 6, 2025 by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) with 13 co-sponsors. It was referred to Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, and last saw action on Feb 6, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Record
Text
S. 470 has 13 co-sponsors.
sb470/introduced-in-senate.txt119 S470 IS: Respect State Housing Laws ActU.S. Senate2025-02-06text/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 470 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025 Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself and Mr. Hagerty ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILLTo amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Respect State Housing Laws Act .2.ClarificationSection 4024 of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9058 ) is amended by striking subsection (c).
Tracker
The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.
- Introduced2025-02-06
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Conference
- To President
- Became Law
CRS Summary
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Introduced in Senate Feb 6, 2025
sb470/introduced-in-senate.mdShown Here:
Introduced in Senate (02/06/2025)
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.
Sponsors
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) sponsors S. 470, and 13 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Sen. · R–MS · Sponsor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025

Sen. · R–TN · Co-sponsor
Joined Feb 6, 2025 · Original

Sen. · R–LA · Co-sponsor
Joined Mar 10, 2025

Sen. · R–AL · Co-sponsor
Joined Mar 11, 2025

Sen. · R–MO · Co-sponsor
Joined Mar 12, 2025

Sen. · R–AR · Co-sponsor
Joined Mar 13, 2025

Sen. · R–NE · Co-sponsor
Joined Mar 24, 2025

Sen. · R–UT · Co-sponsor
Joined Mar 26, 2025

Sen. · R–ID · Co-sponsor
Joined Mar 27, 2025

Sen. · R–UT · Co-sponsor
Joined Apr 1, 2025
Committees
S. 470 went before 1 committee: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Actions
S. 470 has taken 2 actions since Feb 6, 2025.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 6, 2025 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | ||
Feb 6, 2025 | — | Introduced in Senate |
Votes
S. 470 has not gone to a roll call.
Related bills
1 bill is related to S. 470, as Identical bill.
Titles
S. 470 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.
- Respect State Housing Laws Act — Display Title
- Respect State Housing Laws Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
- A bill to amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
Lobbying
6 clients hired 7 firms and 56 registered lobbyists who named S. 470 in 31 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.
Filed under Housing, Immigration, Insurance, Environment/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Copyright/Patent/Trademark.
Clients
Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.
| Client | Business | State | Firms | Filings | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | rental housing | Virginia | 2 | 11 | $250K |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | — | District of Columbia | 1 | 6 | — |
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC | — | District of Columbia | 1 | 6 | — |
| MONARCH INVESTMENTS | property management company | Colorado | 1 | 5 | $190K |
| MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY | — | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | — |
| NATIONAL LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER ASSOCIATION | — | District of Columbia | 1 | 1 | — |
Firms
Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.
| Registrant | Clients | Filings | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 1 | 6 | — |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | 1 | 6 | — |
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. | 1 | 6 | — |
| HOLLAND & HART LLP | 1 | 5 | $190K |
| PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC | 1 | 5 | $250K |
| MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY | 1 | 2 | — |
| NATIONAL LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | — |
Lobbyists
Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 56.
| Lobbyist | Firms | Clients | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEX EVELAND | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| ALEXIA SMOKLER | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| AUSTIN PEREZ | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| BERNARD FULTON | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| BRYAN GREENE | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| COLETTE MASSENGALE | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| CYNTHIA CHETTI | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| DAVID BORSOS | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| ERIN STACKLEY | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| EVAN LIDDIARD | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GREGORY BROWN | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| HELEN DEVLIN | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| JASON LYNN | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| JOSEPH HARRIS | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| KATHRYN CRENSHAW | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| KEISHA WILKINSON | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| KEN FEARS | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| KEVIN DONNELLY | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| MARIA SPENCER | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| MATTHEW BERGER | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Filings
The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.
| Client | Registrant | Period | Reported | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | 2025 second_quarter | $16.1M | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | 2025 fourth_quarter | $15.9M | 4th Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | 2026 first_quarter | $15.5M | 1st Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | 2026 second_quarter | $14.6M | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | 2025 first_quarter | $11.2M | 1st Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS | 2025 third_quarter | $11M | 3rd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC | NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. | 2025 second_quarter | $2.7M | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC | NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. | 2026 first_quarter | $2.7M | 1st Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC | NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. | 2026 second_quarter | $2.3M | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC | NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. | 2025 first_quarter | $1.8M | 1st Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC | NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. | 2025 third_quarter | $1.8M | 3rd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INC | NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. | 2025 fourth_quarter | $1.6M | 4th Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 2026 second_quarter | $750K | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 2026 first_quarter | $740K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 2025 fourth_quarter | $700K | 4th Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 2025 third_quarter | $680K | 3rd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 2025 second_quarter | $650K | 2nd Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 2025 first_quarter | $610K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY | MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY | 2025 first_quarter | $80K | 1st Quarter - Report |
| NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC | 2026 second_quarter | $50K | 2nd Quarter - Report |
Classification
The Congressional Research Service files S. 470 under Housing and Community Development, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.
CRS Subjects
CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 470’s is Housing and Community Development.
s470/policy-areas.txtLegislative Subjects
S. 470 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Landlord and tenant to Public housing.
s470/subjects.txtSource: congress.gov · legiscan.com
