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Mass. lawmakers hear emotional calls to require smoke/CO checks for short‑term rentals after fatal fire
Summary
Families and lawmakers urged the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to advance the Maggie Hubbard Rental Safety Act, a bill that would require inspections and platform verification of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in short‑term rentals after a deadly fire in which a mother and her infant daughter died.
Representatives and family members on Wednesday urged the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to move the Maggie Hubbard Rental Safety Act after a fire killed Shannon Hubbard and her 1‑year‑old daughter Maggie June in a short‑term rental that investigators later found had no smoke detectors.
The bill, filed by Representative Hadley Luddy and Senator Cyr, would require short‑term rentals in Massachusetts that are not already covered by local fire codes to undergo an inspection for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors within one year before being listed for rent. It would also require platforms and listing agents to verify certification before publishing a listing.
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