1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human services; modifying service dog provisions in housing
1.3 accommodations for persons with disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4 section 256C.025, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256C.025, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2.Definition Definitions.(a) "Homeowners association" means a common interest
1.8community as defined in section 515B.1-103, regardless of whether the common interest
1.9community is subject to chapter 515B, or a residential community that is not a common
1.10interest community.
1.11 (b) "Housing accommodations" means any real property, or portion thereof, which is
1.12used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home,
1.13residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings, but shall not include any single
1.14family residence the occupants of which rent, lease, or furnish for compensation not more
1.15than one room therein.
1.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 256C.025, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.17to read:
1.18 Subd. 5.Service dog in training.(a) For purposes of this section, a "service dog in
1.19training" means a dog that is being actively trained as a service dog under the supervision
1.20of an organization accredited by Assistance Dogs International or the International Guide
1.21Dog Federation to train service dogs.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 688
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Frazier and Noor02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Housing Finance and Policy 2.1 (b) A person who is actively training a service dog in training is entitled to full and equal
2.2access to all housing accommodations provided for in this section. A person who is actively
2.3training a service dog in training must not be required to pay extra compensation for the
2.4service dog in training but is liable for any damage done to the premises by the service dog
2.5in training.
2.6 (c) A landlord or board of a homeowners association may require written certification
2.7from the organization supervising the training as a condition of granting an accommodation
2.8to a person training a service dog in training. An accommodation granted under this
2.9subdivision terminates upon completion of the training.
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