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Providence

Rhode Island law applies in Providence Providence is a local jurisdiction within Rhode Island, whose 14 researched instruments are listed on the Rhode Island page, not here. The law of Providence, described on this page below, applies here too.

All 1 named instruments researched to a stage, across one of the six areas of law we track: 1 in force. As of 3 September 2026.

  1. AI law 1
  2. Privacy law none researched
  3. Scraping law none researched
  4. Cybersecurity law none researched
  5. Age gating law none researched
  6. News aggregation law none researched

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Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.

AI law1 instrument, 1 in force

Research summary (78 words)

Providence bans real estate lessors from engaging in price coordination for residential rental units, including through the sale, licensure, or provision of any algorithmic pricing product or service, and separately bars a lessor from subscribing to, contracting for, or paying for an algorithmic device. The City Council passed the ban unanimously on 15 May 2025, and it took effect immediately upon passage. The city has since brought at least one enforcement action against a landlord under the ordinance.

AI prohibited practices

Prohibition of Algorithmic Rent Setting Devices

Providence Code of Ordinances ch. 13, art. X, secs. 13-69 to 13-73City of Providence Council legislative file for the enacted ordinance

In force since 15 May 2025. Binds private bodies.

What this law does

No real estate lessor in Providence may engage in price coordination for a residential rental unit, including through the sale, licensure, or provision of a service or product that involves price coordination, and no lessor may subscribe to, contract for, or otherwise provide anything of value for an algorithmic device.

An algorithmic device is defined as a product or service that uses an algorithm and nonpublic competitor pricing, occupancy, or lease-term data from two or more lessors, or from public databases, to recommend rental prices, fees, terms, or occupancy levels. A property owner found in violation is subject to a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars per day per violation, enforced by the city solicitor working with the Rhode Island Attorney General.

What it requires

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