Rhode Island relies on the national NAR settlement and State-Wide MLS participation rules for buyer-agency written-agreement requirements; it has not enacted its own standalone statute like Texas SB 1968 or California AB 2992, putting it in the same category as New York. Rhode Island State-Wide MLS implemented the changes on August 14, 2024, removing compensation offer fields from the MLS and requiring signed written buyer agreements before touring homes. A pre-existing general statute, R.I. Gen. Laws Section 5-20.6-10, governs written client representation contract contents but predates the settlement by over a decade and was not passed in response to it; RIAR leadership described the changes as formalizing existing norms rather than new law.</parameter> </invoke>
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