Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2764 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to health; establishing requirements for the use of hot water pools on
3	3	1.3 certain rental properties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222,
4	4	1.4 subdivision 2d.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.1222, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 2d.Hot tubs on rental houseboats property.(a) Except as provided in paragraph
8	8	1.8(b), a hot water pool intended for seated recreational use, including a hot tub or whirlpool,
9	9	1.9that is located on a houseboat that is rented to the public the property of a stand-alone,
10	10	1.10single-unit rental property, offered for rent by the property owner or through a resort, and
11	11	1.11that is only intended to be used by the occupants of the rental property:
12	12	1.12 (1) is not a public pool and;
13	13	1.13 (2) is exempt from the requirements for public pools under subdivisions 1 to 2c, 4, and
14	14	1.145 and Minnesota Rules, chapter 4717, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph; and
15	15	1.15 (3) may be used by renters so long as:
16	16	1.16 (i) the water temperature in the hot water pool does not exceed 106 degrees Fahrenheit;
17	17	1.17 (ii) prior to check-in by each new rental party, the resort or property owner tests the
18	18	1.18water in the hot water pool for the concentration of chlorine or bromine, pH, and alkalinity,
19	19	1.19and the water in the hot water pool meets the requirements for disinfection residue, pH, and
20	20	1.20alkalinity in Minnesota Rules, part 4717.1750, subparts 4, 5, and 6; and
21	21	1Section 1.
22	22	25-04112 as introduced03/03/25 REVISOR SGS/BM
23	23	SENATE
24	24	STATE OF MINNESOTA
25	25	S.F. No. 2764NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
26	26	(SENATE AUTHORS: HAUSCHILD)
27	27	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
28	28	Introduction and first reading03/20/2025
29	29	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (iii) upon rental, the resort or property owner provides renters with a notice that there
30	30	2.2is a hot water pool on the property and that the hot water pool is not subject to all of the
31	31	2.3requirements in state law and rules for public pools.
32	32	2.4 (b) A hot water pool intended for seated recreational use, including a hot tub or whirlpool,
33	33	2.5that is located on a houseboat that is rented to the public:
34	34	2.6 (1) is not a public pool;
35	35	2.7 (2) is exempt from the requirements for public pools under subdivisions 1 to 2c, 4, and
36	36	2.85 and Minnesota Rules, chapter 4717; and
37	37	2.9 (3) is exempt from the requirements under paragraph (a), clause (3).
38	38	2.10 (c) A political subdivision must not adopt a local law, rule, or ordinance that prohibits
39	39	2.11the operation of, or establishes additional requirements for, a hot water pool that meets the
40	40	2.12criteria in paragraph (a) or (b).
41	41	2.13 (d) A hot water pool under this subdivision must be conspicuously posted with the
42	42	2.14following notice to renters:
43	43	2.15 "NOTICE
44	44	2.16 This spa is exempt from certain state and local sanitary requirements that prevent disease
45	45	2.17transmission.
46	46	2.18 USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
47	47	2.19 This notice is required under Minnesota Statutes, section 144.1222, subdivision 2d."
48	48	2Section 1.
49	49	25-04112 as introduced03/03/25 REVISOR SGS/BM