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Bill Title: 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-05-07 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study [S2901 Detail]

Download: Rhode_Island-2026-S2901-Introduced.pdf

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