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HF4834 • 2026

Restrictions on a tenant's ability to participate in a class action prohibited, and civil remedies provided.

Restrictions on a tenant's ability to participate in a class action prohibited, and civil remedies provided.

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Agbaje
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Housing Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Restrictions on a tenant's ability to participate in a class action prohibited, and civil remedies provided.

Restrictions on a tenant's ability to participate in a class action prohibited, and civil remedies provided.

What This Bill Does

  • Restrictions on a tenant's ability to participate in a class action prohibited, and civil remedies provided.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Housing Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Restrictions on a tenant's ability to participate in a class action prohibited, and civil remedies provided.

Current Bill Text

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relating to landlord and tenant; prohibiting restrictions on a tenant's ability to

participate in a class action; providing civil remedies; proposing coding for new

law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[504B.213] CLASS ACTION WAIVERS PROHIBITED.

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A residential lease shall not restrict a residential tenant's ability to participate in a class

action. The requirements of this section may not be waived or modified by the parties to a

residential lease. Any provision, whether oral or written, of a lease or other agreement by

which any provision of this section is waived by a tenant is contrary to public policy and

void. The tenant shall recover from the landlord treble actual and consequential damages

or $1,000, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney fees for a violation of this section.

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