WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 1 REQUIREMENT TYPE
How Is This Bill Enforced
Verbatim statutory text on the left; plain-language analysis and a per-section checklist on the right. Numbered markers cross-link to the matching checklist row.
1 A landlord or any other person responsible for setting the amount of rent to be paid by a tenant for the occupancy of a residential rental property may not use an algorithmic devicealgorithmic device"algorithmic device" means a device that uses one or more algorithms to perform calculations of data, including data concerning local or statewide rent amounts being charged to tenants by landlords, for the purpose of advising a landlord concerning the amount of rent that a landlord may consider charging a tenant.14 MRSA § 6030-K or artificial intelligenceartificial intelligence"artificial intelligence" means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.14 MRSA § 6030-K in setting the amount of rent to be paid by a tenant for the occupancy of a residential property, including determining any change in the amount of rent to be paid by a tenant for a renewal of occupancy. For purposes of this section "algorithmic devicealgorithmic device"algorithmic device" means a device that uses one or more algorithms to perform calculations of data, including data concerning local or statewide rent amounts being charged to tenants by landlords, for the purpose of advising a landlord concerning the amount of rent that a landlord may consider charging a tenant.14 MRSA § 6030-K" means a device that uses one or more algorithms to perform calculations of data, including data concerning local or statewide rent amounts being charged to tenants by landlords, for the purpose of advising a landlord concerning the amount of rent that a landlord may consider charging a tenant. For purposes of this section "artificial intelligenceartificial intelligence"artificial intelligence" means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.14 MRSA § 6030-K" means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.
A violation of this section is considered an unfair trade practice under Title 5, chapter 10.
This section imposes a categorical prohibition on landlords — and any other person responsible for setting rent — from using any algorithmic device or artificial intelligence to set or adjust residential rent amounts. The prohibition extends to renewal pricing. Unlike anti-competitive algorithmic pricing bills in other states that target coordinated use of nonpublic competitor data, this provision bans any use of AI or algorithmic tools in the rent-setting process, including single-landlord advisory tools that do not ingest competitor data.
Violations are classified as unfair trade practices under Maine Title 5, chapter 10, bringing the full enforcement apparatus of the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act to bear, including AG enforcement and potential civil penalties.