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Committee adopts amendment to clarify confidentiality for tenants reporting domestic violence (HF2296)
Summary
The House Finance and Policy Committee on March 18 adopted an amendment to House File 22 96 to make explicit that confidentiality protections for tenants experiencing domestic violence override prior general release forms; the bill as amended was referred to the Committee on Judiciary, Finance and Civil Law.
The House Finance and Policy Committee on March 18 adopted an amendment to House File 22 96 that clarifies how landlords must handle documentation from tenants who seek to break leases because of domestic violence.
The delete‑all A1 amendment, carried in committee by Representative Howard, reduces the bill to a single, narrowly drawn provision that makes explicit that the confidentiality protections in Minnesota law override previously signed general release…
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