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H1562 • 2025

An Act relative to locksmiths and notice to property owners

An Act relative to locksmiths and notice to property owners

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Sponsor
Jeffrey N. Roy
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to locksmiths and notice to property owners

An Act relative to locksmiths and notice to property owners By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to locksmiths and notice to property owners By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1562) of Jeffrey N.
  • Roy relative to locksmiths changing locks on rental properties.
  • Housing.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-02-02 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-12 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-11-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/19/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Housing

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to locksmiths and notice to property owners
By Representative Roy of Franklin, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1562) of Jeffrey N. Roy relative to locksmiths changing locks on rental properties. Housing.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1562

Section 26 of chapter 186 of the General Laws as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:

(g) Any locksmith retained to change locks on a rental property shall first make a good faith effort to determine whether the landlord or property owner has received notice of the request. The locksmith shall also determine if the rental agreement requires that the owner retain a key to the leased residential premises and if so, shall make a good faith effort to provide a key to the new locks to the owner within 2 business days of the locks being changed.

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