creating a public county registry of the monthly rent charged by landlords for each owned unit and prohibiting landlords from using algorithms or software to determine rental rates.

HB 558 establishes a legislative committee to study whether to create a public county registry tracking monthly rent for each rental unit and whether to ban landlords from using algorithms to set rents. The committee, composed of four legislators, must examine the feasibility of these measures and report findings by November 2025. This bill does not enact the registry or ban - it only authorizes a study. The committee recently voted "Inexpedient to Legislate," recommending against advancing the proposal.