1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; regulating the display of certain business addresses 
1.3 	on the website of the secretary of state;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [5.42] DISPLAY OF BUSINESS ADDRESS ON WEBSITE.
1.7 	(a) A business entity may request in writing that all addresses submitted by the business 
1.8 	entity to the secretary of state be omitted from display on the secretary of state's website. 
1.9 	A business entity may only request that all addresses be omitted from display if the entity 
1.10 	certifies that:
1.11 	(1) there is only one shareholder, member, manager, or owner of the business entity;
1.12 	(2) the shareholder, manager, member, or owner is a natural person; and
1.13 	(3) at least one of the addresses provided is the residential address of the sole shareholder, 
1.14 	manager, member, or owner.
1.15 	The secretary of state shall post a notice that this option is available and a link to the form 
1.16 	needed to make a request on the secretary's website. The secretary of state shall also attach 
1.17 	a copy of the request form to all business filing forms provided in a paper format that require 
1.18 	a business entity to submit an address.
1.19 	(b) This section does not change the classification of data under chapter 13 and addresses 
1.20 	shall be made available to the public in response to requests made by telephone, mail, e-mail, 
1.21 	and facsimile transmission.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021, and applies to business 
2.2 	entity filings filed with the secretary of state on or after that date.