---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vacating tenants submetered utility service final billing provision and payment of rent by tenants provisions modifications"
description: "Vacating tenants submetered utility service final billing provision and payment of rent by tenants provisions modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 4171"
citation: "Minnesota SF 4171 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Housing and Housing Finance Agency", "Landlords and Tenants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Port"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/298ea953-c348-4306-b5bd-001919e92535"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/4171?list=open&body=Senate"
source_hash: "37b01fe0b016ea96abdfeb1dc1e7a03e09c35bb2ab88bf1fc0e080fe9fdb453a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mn"]
---

# Minnesota SF 4171 (2025-2026) — Vacating tenants submetered utility service final billing provision and payment of rent by tenants provisions modifications

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/4171/versions/1/)
2. **1st Unofficial Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/4171/versions/ue/1/)
3. **2nd Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/4171/versions/2/)
4. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/94/2026/0/SF/4171/versions/0/)

## Votes

- Passage, as amended — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Port — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Igo — cosponsor (person)
- Lucero — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-04-22** Received from Senate `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Senate file first reading, referred for comparison HF3951
- **2026-04-23** Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register
- **2026-04-23** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day 04/30/26
- **2026-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-30** Third reading as amended `reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** Bill was passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Presented to Governor 05/11/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** Governor approval 05/12/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Secretary of State, Filed 05/12/2026
- **2026-03-05** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Comm report: To pass as amended `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Author added Clark
- **2026-04-20** Special Order
- **2026-04-20** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Returned from House with amendment
- **2026-05-04** Senate concurred and repassed bill
- **2026-05-04** Third reading Passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Presentment date 05/11/2026
- **2026-05-12** Governor's action Approval 05/12/26 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Secretary of State Chapter 81 05/12/26
- **2026-08-01** Effective date 08/01/2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/298ea953-c348-4306-b5bd-001919e92535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).