Attorney General Neronha proposed revisions to lead rental registry bill
Attorney General weighs in before hearing tonight before House Finance Committee Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement regarding the lead rental registry as the House Finance Committee considers proposed changes to the legislation passed by the General Assembly last year. “Last year, the General Assembly passed perhaps the most significant tenant protections that Rhode Island has seen in a generation, and certainly the most significant Health y housing legislation in at least two decades, since the passage of the Lead Hazard Mitigation Act of 2002. Why we would now undo that progress on the lead rental registry and significantly decrease its protections of children escapes me. The full implementation of this law, as originally written, would require landlords to confirm that their residence is lead safe. Parents should be assured that when they rent an apartment in our state, the apartment complies with lead poisoning prevention law...