Limits rent increases to 4% annually, but allows an additional increase for taxes, insurance, or health and safety costs if the landlord gets an exemption from the secretary of housing, and provides tenants civil remedies for violations.
Maddy summaryThis bill designates March 2026 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in Rhode Island to increase public understanding and support for the disease. It directly affects residents with Multiple Sclerosis, their families, and healthcare providers by promoting awareness during a specific month. The resolution authorizes the Secretary of State to send a certified copy to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, highlighting Rhode Island's high rate of Multiple Sclerosis cases in the state. The bill focuses on raising awareness rather than implementing new policies or funding changes.
Requires the installation and use of a weapons detection system at every public entrance to any school building, gymnasium, school event facility, sporting event site and any site where a school hosts or participates in an event even if off campus.
Permits students diagnosed with asthma, a condition that may lead to bronchospasm or anaphylaxis, or both, to carry and self-administer asthma medication or auto-injectable or intranasal epinephrine, or both.
Maddy summaryThis bill is a House resolution that recognizes and commends Providence Promise, a nonprofit organization in Rhode Island, for its work helping families save for college. The resolution highlights the organization's key activities, which include opening 529 college savings accounts for students, providing $100 seed deposits, and offering incentives for educational achievements. It also notes the group's efforts in financial literacy education, college readiness programs, and family engagement services aimed at supporting underserved communities. The resolution expresses appreciation for the organization's leadership and staff, and directs the Secretary of State to send a certified copy of the resolution to Providence Promise.
Provides that original equipment manufacturers, implemented by/with surrogate distributors, of agricultural equipment, provide to independent service providers repair information and tools to maintain and repair electronics-enabled agricultural equipment.
Prohibits unauthorized placement of merchants on advertising platform order interfaces, and would prohibit third-party restaurant reservation services.
Establishes a digital electronics right to repair, which allows for digital electronic equipment and parts that are sold in this state on or after January 1, 2027, to be repaired at an independent repair provider.
Establishes the commuter transportation benefit chapter. Employers with five hundred (500) or more employees required to establish a pre-tax commuter transportation fringe benefit program.
Maddy summaryHB 7672 requires the Department of Transportation to install stop signs at all intersections where state highways cross bike paths. This law directly affects motor vehicle operators, who must come to a complete stop at these locations. The bill mandates that stop signs be placed and maintained at every such intersection on state highways, coordinated with the Traffic Safety Commission. It takes effect upon passage and does not specify additional safety measures beyond the stop requirement.
