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**Snapshot date: September 29, 2026.** Do not apply law effective after this date.

Every statute citation and source URL transcribed from the research tables in `research/batch1-northeast.md` through `batch4-west.md`, grouped by state. Entries marked **[SECONDARY]** were confirmed only via secondary code mirrors (official free text not published online) and must be re-verified against the official code. Entries marked **[HISTORICAL]** were flagged as such in the research and must not be cited as current law. Entries marked 'verify locally' had no confirmable official URL in the research session.

This is research, not legal advice. Rent regulation is city- and county-specific; verify locally before setting rents.

Alabama

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Ala. Code §11-80-8.1 **[SECONDARY]** — https://law.onecle.com/alabama/title-11/11-80-8.1.html

Alaska

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: 2024 HB 262 (introduced only) proposed a 90-day notice of rent increase, not a cap — NOT LAW.

Arizona

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — A.R.S. §§33-1329, 33-1416 — https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=33
• Notes: 2025 SB 1177 would have repealed the preemption — it did not become law.

Arkansas

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Ark. Code §14-16-601 (as amended 2025); SB91 (2025) — https://webftp.blr.arkansas.gov/Home/FTPDocument?path=Bills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSearchable%2FSB91.pdf
• Notes: SB91 (2025) was enacted and is reflected in the 2025 Arkansas Code.

California

• Preemption: No — local ordinances may be stricter — Civ. Code §1947.12(m) — https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482
• Statewide cap: 5% + CPI, max 10% — Civ. Code §1947.12 (AB 1482) — https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482
• San Francisco: 1.6% (3/1/2026–2/28/2027) — SF Rent Board allowable annual increases — http://media.api.sf.gov/documents/571_Allowable_Annual_Increases_26-27_1.26.pdf.pdf
• San José: 5% once per 12 months — SJMC §17.23.310 — https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/14333/639110843761170000
• Notes: CONFLICT PRESERVED: Oakland's official Rent Adjustment Program page showed 0.8% (eff. 8/1/2025) as crawled; secondary reports say 2.3% eff. 8/1/2026 under the lesser-of-60%-of-regional-CPI-or-3% formula — do not use 2.3% without official-city verification. Los Angeles RSO's reported Feb. 2, 2026 amendment (90% of CPI, 1% floor, 4% ceiling) is secondary-only; no official LAHD/code source located —

Colorado

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — C.R.S. §38-12-301 — https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2015-title-38.pdf
• Notes: HB23-1115 (temporary repeal of the ban) and HB25-1092 (rent-increase limits, postponed indefinitely 2/19/2025) — NOT LAW.

Connecticut

• Preemption: No — Fair Rent Commissions authorized — Conn. Gen. Stat. §§7-148b–7-148f; 2022 PA 22-22 (HB 5205) — http://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05205-R000586-FC.PDF
• Notes: Connecticut has no percentage rent cap; Fair Rent Commissions hear complaints of 'harsh and unconscionable' increases. HB 5261 (2026) would have frozen rents for units with code violations — raised bill only, NOT LAW.

Delaware

• Preemption: No — none verified (ordinary rentals) — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Statewide cap: Manufactured home communities only — 25 Del. C. §§7051, 7052A, 7052B — https://legis.delaware.gov/SessionLaws/Chapter?id=41988
• Notes: SB 235 (153rd GA, 2026) proposed repealing the sunset and revising the CPI thresholds — status verify locally; NOT LAW unless enacted.

District of Columbia

• Preemption: N/A — District-wide law — D.C. Code §§42-3501.01–3509.07 — https://dhcd.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dhcd/service_content/attachments/What You Need to Know About Rent Control.pdf
• Statewide cap: CPI-W + 2%, max 10% (elderly/disabled: max 5%) — Rental Housing Act of 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10) — https://dhcd.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dhcd/service_content/attachments/What You Need to Know About Rent Control.pdf

Florida

• Preemption: Yes — flat ban (2023 Live Local Act) — Fla. Stat. §§125.0103, 166.043; §83.425 — http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0125/Sections/0125.0103.html
• Notes: [HISTORICAL] Orange County's voter-approved 2022 Rent Stabilization Ordinance (5% or inflation, whichever less) was enjoined Oct. 27, 2022 and never took effect; the FL Supreme Court declined review April 2023.

Georgia

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — O.C.G.A. §44-7-19 **[SECONDARY]** — https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2024/title-44/chapter-7/article-1/section-44-7-19/
• Notes: Proposed repeal legislation for §44-7-19 in recent sessions did not pass — NOT LAW.

Hawaii

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: 2021 SB 52, 2022 SB 3216, and 2024 SB 2862 proposed rent-cap/rent-control measures — none was enacted; NOT LAW.

Idaho

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Idaho Code §55-307(2), as amended by 2024 HB 545 — https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0545.pdf

Illinois

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — 50 ILCS 825/5; 50 ILCS 825/10 — https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=748&ChapterID=11
• Notes: PENDING: HB 116 (104th GA, 2025–2026) would create a local-referendum path for municipalities to lift the ban community-by-community — status reported via secondary coverage; verify locally before treating as enacted.

Indiana

• Preemption: Partial — land-use ordinances only — IC 36-1-24.2-1; IC 36-1-24.2-2; IC 36-7-2-11 — https://iga.in.gov/laws/current/ic/
• Notes: Indiana's 2026 housing/land-use bill HB1001 references IC 36-1-24, consistent with the chapter remaining in force in 2026 (secondary reporting).

Iowa

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Iowa Code §§364.3(9), 331.304 — https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/364.pdf
• Notes: Renumbering preserved: SF 428 added the county ban as §331.304 sub. 11; the 2020 code shows it as sub. 10 — consult the current text for the operative subsection number.

Kansas

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — K.S.A. 12-16,120 — https://www.kslegislature.gov/li_2016/b2015_16/statute/012_000_0000_chapter/012_016_0000_article/012_016_0120_section/012_016_0120_k/

Kentucky

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — KRS §65.875 — https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/Statutes/statute.aspx?id=23533

Louisiana

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: HB 472 (2026), which would have authorized municipalities and parishes to adopt rent-stabilization ordinances, was voluntarily deferred in committee 4/15/2026 — NOT LAW. HR 217 (2026) requests a rent-stabilization study due 3/1/2027 — study only, creates no cap or local authority.

Maine

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Portland: 70% of CPI-U change, max 10% — Portland City Code Ch. 6, Art. XII, §§6-230–6-244 (enacted by referendum 11-3-2020, amended by referendum 11-8-2022) — https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/c5af4c63-b877-4ea8-9d29-8420cbad7717?cache=1800

Maryland

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Takoma Park: CPI change, once per 12 months — Takoma Park Code §6.20.050 — https://takomaparkmd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6708/Rent-Stabilization-Presentation-20250611?bidId=
• Montgomery County: CPI-U + 3%, max 6% (5.2% for 2026–27) — Bill 15-23 as amended (enacted 7/18/2023; effective via Exec. Reg. 2-24, 7/23/2024) — https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dhca/Tenants/RentStabilization.html
• Prince George's County: CPI-U + 3%, max 6% (senior: CPI-U, max 4.5%) — CB-055-2024 (Permanent Rent Stabilization and Protection Act) — https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/news-events/news/permanent-rent-stabilization-and-protection-act-prsa
• Notes: [HISTORICAL] Prince George's County CB-07-2023 (3% cap, effective 4/17/2023) sunset after one year and was superseded by the PRSA. Baltimore City: no rent stabilization ordinance located — verify locally.

Massachusetts

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — M.G.L. c.40P §4 (1994 referendum, Question 9) — https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter40p/Section4

Michigan

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — MCL 123.411(2) (1988 PA 226) — https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-123-411
• Notes: Official MCL page compiled through PA 5 of 2025; 2023–2024 repeal bills died. Any 2025–2026 repeal: verify locally.

Minnesota

• Preemption: Conditional — general-election gate — Minn. Stat. §471.9996 — https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/471.9996
• Saint Paul: 3% per 12 months (just-cause vacancy: up to 8% + CPI) — St. Paul Legislative Code ch. 193A (Ord. of 11-2-2021; Ord. 22-16; Ord. 22-37; May 2025 amendments) — https://stpaul.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/Rent%20Stabilization%20Ordinance%20--%2006-13-25.pdf
• Notes: Minneapolis: voters approved a 2021 charter amendment authorizing the council to pursue rent regulation, but no operative rent-cap ordinance had been enacted as of the snapshot — verify locally. (Minneapolis's 2025 rent-algorithm ban is a pricing-software prohibition, not a rent cap.)

Mississippi

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Miss. Code §§21-17-5(2)(h), 19-3-40(3)(g) — https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-19/chapter-3/in-general/section-19-3-40/
• Notes: SB 2447 (2024) introduced text addressed county/municipal rent provisions; enacted status not confirmed — NOT LAW as verified.

Missouri

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — RSMo §441.043 — https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=441.043
• Notes: Current official text adds preemption of source-of-income rules, tenant screening, security deposits, and rights of first refusal beyond the older rent-only version — a legislative expansion, not a conflict.

Montana

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — MCA §7-1-111(26) (SB 105, 2023) — https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2023-04-06/bill-to-prohibit-rent-caps-passes-through-state-house

Nebraska

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited (2025) — Neb. Rev. Stat. §13-331 (LB 266, 2025; approved 4/7/2025) — https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB266.pdf

Nevada

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: VETOED (not law): AB 298 (2023), AB 280 (2025), SB 275 (2025) — all veto facts are secondary reporting; verify locally. A proposed 2022 North Las Vegas 5% ballot measure failed to qualify. An interim committee BDR for a third senior-rent-cap attempt was approved August 2026 (not law as of the snapshot).

New Hampshire

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: RSA 204-C rent-adjustment provisions (e.g., §204-C:23) apply only to housing financed by the NH Housing Finance Authority, not general private rentals.

New Jersey

• Preemption: No — none verified — N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.1 et seq. — https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/codreg/pdf_regs/2A_42_74_et_seq.pdf
• Newark: Lower of CPI or 4% — Newark Code Ch. 19:2-3.1 — https://newark.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2403176&GUID=D23D92F8-D65C-46DF-9AF8-67404FB75D9D&Options=&Search=&FullText=1
• Jersey City: Lower of 4% or CPI calculation — Jersey City Code §260-3 — https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6189660/File/City%20Hall/Housing%20Economic%20Development/Tenant%20Landlord%20Relations/7.14.26%20September%20CPI.pdf
• Notes: A 2025 Jersey City expansion ordinance was defeated — NOT LAW.

New Mexico

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — NMSA §47-8A-1 (Laws 1991, ch. 23, §1) — https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0138.PDF
• Notes: 2025 SB 216 (repeal) postponed indefinitely; 2026 SB 138 (repeal) introduced with no enactment recorded — NOT LAW.

New York

• Preemption: No — state enables local rent regulation — ETPA (Uncons. Laws §§8621 et seq.); L. 2019, ch. 36 (HSTPA) — https://open.nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/press-release/attachment/new_rent_reform_presentation.pdf
• Statewide cap: Local guidelines boards set annual increases — Emergency Tenant Protection Act; HSTPA 2019 — https://open.nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/press-release/attachment/new_rent_reform_presentation.pdf
• New York City: 3% (1-yr) / 4.5% (2-yr) — NYC Rent Guidelines Board Order #57 — http://rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us/2025-26-apartment-loft-order-57/
• Kingston: verify locally — Kingston Resolution 144 of 2022 — https://hcr.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2022/08/city-of-kingston-resolution-144-of-2022.pdf
• Notes: PENDING: NYC RGB Order #58 (0% for one- and two-year leases commencing 10/1/2026–9/30/2027) was adopted in 2026 but is effective after the snapshot. Good Cause Eviction (RPL §211): the 2026 local rent standard is 8.38% in NYC-area counties and 8.15% in Northeast-region counties — a rebuttable presumption of unreasonableness, not a hard cap.

North Carolina

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — G.S. §42-14.1 — https://NCLEG.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_42/GS_42-14.1.html

North Dakota

• Preemption: No — none in force — 1991 HB 1365 [VETOED — not law] — https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/sessionlaws/1991/pdf/VETOM.pdf
• Notes: No municipal rent-cap ordinance was found in official ND city sources during research — verify locally for any city of interest.

Ohio

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Ohio Rev. Code §5321.19 (eff. 9/23/2022) — https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/revised-code/authenticated/53/5321/5321.19/9-23-2022/5321.19-9-23-2022.pdf

Oklahoma

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: 2026 SB 1296 (proposed 90-day notice and 7%+CPI cap for month-to-month tenancies) — first and second reading only, no further action; NOT LAW. 2014 HB 3335 (10% emergency-area cap) introduced-only.

Oregon

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control preempted — ORS 91.225 — https://sos.oregon.gov/admin/Documents/irr/2024/037text.pdf
• Statewide cap: 7% + CPI, max 10% (2026 published: 9.5%) — ORS 90.323; ORS 90.324; 2025 HB 3054 — https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors090.html
• Notes: PENDING: DAS published the 2027 maximums (10% for most covered tenancies; 6% for larger facilities) in late September 2026 — effective calendar year 2027, excluded from this snapshot. The 2026 published 9.5%/6% figures are supported by multiple consistent secondary reports citing DAS; the official DAS announcement page was not located — verify locally before treating the published number as defini

Pennsylvania

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)

Rhode Island

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: 2026 proposals — NOT LAW: H8108 (would cap increases at 4% per 12 months; House Judiciary hearing 3/18/2026); H8035 (rent freeze, introduced 2/27/2026, referred to committee). 2025's H5954 (Providence enabling proposal) also did not pass — NOT LAW.

South Carolina

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — S.C. Code §27-39-60 — https://www.scstatehouse.gov/Archives/CodeofLaws2012/t27c039.php
• Notes: H. 3346 (2025–2026), the 'South Carolina Rent Control Act' (proposed §27-39-370), was referred to the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee — NOT LAW.

South Dakota

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — SDCL 6-1-13 — https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Statute=6-1-13&

Tennessee

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Tenn. Code §66-35-102 **[SECONDARY]** — https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-66/chapter-35/section-66-35-102/
• Notes: SB 200 (2021), which would have removed the statewide prohibition on local rent control and inclusionary zoning, was withdrawn 2/9/2021 — NOT LAW.

Texas

• Preemption: Narrow — disaster-emergency only — Tex. Local Gov't Code §214.902 — https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.214.htm

Utah

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Utah Code §57-20-1 — https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title57/Chapter20/C57-20-S1_1800010118000101.pdf

Vermont

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: Burlington's just-cause charter proposal is not rent control and was vetoed — NOT LAW.

Virginia

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: HB 721 (2024) and HB 278 / SB 355 (2026) would have authorized local anti-rent-gouging ordinances — all failed or were continued to 2027; NOT LAW. Alexandria published voluntary (non-binding) 2019 guidelines asking landlords to cap increases at 5% — not an ordinance.

Washington

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control preempted — RCW 35.21.830; RCW 36.01.130 — https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=35.21.830&pdf=true
• Statewide cap: 7% + CPI, max 10% (2026 published: 9.683%) — RCW 59.18.700 (HB 1217) — https://app6.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.18.700&pdf=true
• Notes: The exact RCW 59.18.710 exemption text and the reported 2027 cap (10%) rest on secondary sources — verify locally; the 2027 figure is pending for this snapshot. (Seattle's longer notice rules operate within state law.)

West Virginia

• Preemption: No — none verified — — verify locally (no confirmable official URL)
• Notes: HB 3435 (2025), which would have expressly preempted local rent control, died in committee — NOT LAW.

Wisconsin

• Preemption: Yes — local rent control prohibited — Wis. Stat. §66.1015(1), (3) — https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/statutes/statutes/66/x/1015
• Notes: 2025–2026 AB 1133 failed to pass — NOT LAW.

Wyoming

• Preemption: No — none in force — — http://wyoleg.gov/2023/Introduced/HB0216.pdf

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