Minnesota Legislature
SF 3979
as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/29/2024 04:36pm
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to housing; clarifying tenant's rights to contact emergency services;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.205, subdivisions 2, 3, 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.205, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Emergency calls permitted.
(a) A landlord may not:
(1) bar or limit a residential tenant's right to call for police or emergency assistance in
response to domestic abuse or any other conductnew text begin , including but not limited to mental health
or health crisesnew text end ; or
(2) impose a penalty on a residential tenant for calling for police or emergency assistance
in response to domestic abuse or any other conductnew text begin , including but not limited to mental
health or health crisesnew text end .
(b) A residential tenant may not waive and a landlord may not require the residential
tenant to waive the residential tenant's right to call for police or emergency assistance.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.205, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Local preemption.
This section preempts any inconsistent local ordinance or
rule including, without limitation, any ordinance or rule that:
(1) requires an eviction after a specified number of calls by a residential tenant for police
or emergency assistance in response to domestic abuse or any other conductnew text begin , including but
not limited to mental health or health crisesnew text end ; or
(2) provides that calls by a residential tenant for police or emergency assistance in
response to domestic abuse or any other conductnew text begin , including but not limited to mental health
or health crises,new text end may be used to penalize or charge a fee to a landlord.
This subdivision shall not otherwise preempt any local ordinance or rule that penalizes
a landlord for, or requires a landlord to abate, conduct on the premises that constitutes a
nuisance or other disorderly conduct as defined by local ordinance or rule.
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 504B.205, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Attorney general authority.
The attorney general has authority under section
8.31 to investigate and prosecute violations of this sectionnew text begin , including situations involving
local ordinancesnew text end .