Minnesota SF4171: Vacating tenants submetered utility service final billing provision and payment of rent by tenants provisions modifications

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to housing; providing for submetered utility service final billing for vacating tenants; modifying provisions related to the payment of rent by tenants; prohibiting listing a minor in certain eviction actions; modifying expedited eviction procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216B.023, by adding a subdivision; 504B.118; 504B.216, by adding a subdivision; 504B.321, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.

From the engrossed text, May 4, 2026:

A bill for an act relating to housing; providing for submetered utility service final billing for vacating tenants; modifying provisions related to the payment of rent by tenants; prohibiting listing a minor in certain eviction actions; modifying expedited eviction procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 216B.023, by adding a subdivision; 504B.118; 504B.216, by adding a subdivision; 504B.321, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.023, is amended by adding a subdivision to read: new text begin [ADDED: Subd. 3a.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: Final billing for submetered utility service.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: If, by the date the tenant vacates the unit, a landlord has not received from the utility provider the actual utility bill for utility service, the landlord may issue an estimated final utility bill to the tenant. The calculation must be based on the immediately preceding billing period for the submetered utility bill charged to the tenant, prorated for the number of days between the end of the prior billing period and the date the tenant vacates the unit. No additional fees or charges may be assessed, except that nothing in this subdivision prohibits a landlord from assessing and including in the final utility bill:] new text end new text …

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