States / Rhode Island / HB 5921
HB 5921 Failed
AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY CODE
Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted
Allows for a tenant to withhold payment of rent, and deposit the rent accruing into an escrow bearing account, upon the issuance of a second notice of violation by an enforcing officer for any state or local minimum housing code enforcement agency.
- Chamber
- House
- Introduced
- Feb 28, 2025
- Last action
- Mar 18, 2025 — 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Sponsor
- Jenni Furtado D
- Session
- 2025
- Momentum
- 5 · Stalled