Landlords prohibited from listing the name of a minor child of a tenant in a lease or eviction complaint.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Samakab Hussein and 1 co-sponsor

Prohibits landlords from listing a tenant’s minor child name anywhere in leases or eviction filings, requiring redaction to protect children’s privacy in Minnesota housing processe

Author added Rehrauer

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Purpose and Intent

The bill aims to protect the privacy and safety of tenants’ minor children by preventing landlords from including the name of a tenant’s child who is under 18 in two areas:
- The lease agreement
- Eviction-related filings (eviction complaints)

The overarching goal is to reduce unintended disclosure of a tenant’s family information, which could affect safety, privacy, or stigma, and to ensure that sensitive information about children is not accessed or disclosed through standard housing processes.

Key Provisions (What the Bill Would Do)

Prohibition on listing minor child names:

In lease documents: Landlords would be barred from including the name of a tenant’s minor child anywhere in the lease.
In eviction complaints: Landlords would be barred from including the name of a tenant’s minor child in eviction filings or related documents.

Scope:

Applies to rental housing transactions and eviction proceedings within Minnesota under the bill’s definitions.

Compliance requirements:

Landlords must remove or redact minor child names from leases and eviction filings to conform with the new rule.

Enforcement and remedies (typical in housing-related privacy provisions, though specifics would be defined in the bill’s text):

Possible penalties, enforcement mechanisms, or nuisance/violation remedies for non-compliance.
Potential timelines or grace periods for landlords to come into compliance after enactment.

Who Would Be Affected

Landlords and property managers who rent residential units in Minnesota.

Tenants with minor children who are party to a lease or eviction proceeding.

Court staff and eviction-related administrative processes, insofar as filings would need to comply with the prohibition on naming minors.

Attorneys representing tenants or landlords who handle eviction cases.

Procedural and Timeline Aspects

Introduction and First Reading: February 23, 2026, with referral to the House Housing Finance and Policy committee.

Author: Initial sponsor action includes adding Rep. Rehrauer as an author, with Samakab Hussein and Kari Rehrauer listed as co-sponsors (as of February 25, 2026).

Next steps (typical legislative process): Committee consideration, potential amendments, floor action by the House, and eventual passage/compilation with the Senate counterpart if applicable, followed by signature or veto timing.

Implementation timeline beyond passage would depend on the enacted effective date and any transition provisions.

Practical Impact and Considerations

Privacy and Safety: Reduces exposure of children’s identities in public-facing or quasi-public housing documents.

Administrative: Requires existing leases and eviction filings to be reviewed and redacted where minor names appear; may necessitate standard operating procedures for landlords, property managers, and legal counsel.

Data Handling: Encourages better handling of personally identifiable information (PII) related to minors in housing processes.

Compliance Burden: Minor; largely involves document redaction and update of templates/forms.

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Landlords prohibited from listing the name of a minor child of a tenant in a lease or eviction complaint.

Summary of HF 3639 (Minnesota) – 2025-2026 Session

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