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Panel advances 'free the hot tubs' proposal, health department raises safety concerns
Summary
Representative Schultz and Representative Greenman said House File 2147 would stop treating single‑occupancy hot tubs at short‑term rentals as public pools and would establish a different, streamlined regulatory framework.
Representative Schultz and Representative Greenman presented House File 2147 on March 21, calling it the "free the hot tubs" bill. The measure would change state rules that currently treat short‑term‑rental hot tubs like public pools, a standard sponsors and industry witnesses said is impractical for single‑ or single‑household hot tubs. "Treating a single occupancy hot tub the same way as a public pool that may have hundreds of people a day just doesn't make sense from a regulatory perspective," Representative Greenman said.
The Minnesota Short Term Rental Association…
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