AN ACT CONCERNING NONRESIDENT LANDLORD REGISTRATION AND INCREASING PENALTIES FOR REPEAT BUILDING AND FIRE CODE VIOLATIONS.
SB 274 requires nonresident rental property owners (those who don’t live at their properties) to register their current address and identifying information with municipalities. Cities with populations over 25,000 must collect this data from owners or their agents, and owners must update it within 21 days of any address change. The bill also increases fines for repeat violations of building and fire safety codes by property owners, and uses registered addresses to legally serve compliance notices.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2026
Last action Apr 16, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2026
How they voted
24–10
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
Apr 14, 2026
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican11
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
upper
Apr 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Joint Favorable
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development
upper
13 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Heffernan
DDemocratic
P
Brandon Chafee
DDemocratic/Working Families
P
Herron Gaston
DDemocratic
P
Kara Rochelle
DDemocratic
P
Kate Farrar
DDemocratic/Working Families
P
Laurie Sweet
DDemocratic/Working Families
P
M.D. Rahman
DDemocratic/Working Families
P
Martha Marx
DDemocratic/Working Families
P
Martin Looney
DDemocratic
P
Nick Gauthier
DDemocratic
P
Nick Menapace
DDemocratic/Working Families
P
Pat Miller
DDemocratic
P
Tom Delnicki
RRepublican
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