Following a busy legislative session in 2024 a number of new laws are set to go into effect on January 1.
There will be no more hidden fees for things like online concert tickets or short term travel rentals like AirBnB's stays. The new year will also see the end of junk fee's in Minnesota with a new law cracking down fees, surcharges, or other costs at places like restaurants.
Effective Jan. 1, 2025, restrictions will be put in place on how online ticket sellers, bulk ticket buyers and resellers operate, including:
• Requiring “all-in pricing” to ensure ticket buyers know the total cost of a ticket up front.
• Ensuring purchasers receive proof of purchase and refund policy details within 24 hours.
• Banning deceptive advertising and speculative pricing.
• Requiring an online ticket marketplace to disclose on its website it is a ticket reseller.
Renter's rights are also getting a update in 2025 with new protections against utility shut off's between October and April. The new law also allows tenants to organize for improved living conditions.
The law provides remedies for tenants when the sub-metering system is inaccurate and prevents charging the tenant when the device for measuring has to be replaced, or from billing them if they were undercharged by a defective meter. It prohibits apportioning electricity to a tenant who is billed separately for electric service and provides that a landlord who submeters must only charge the tenant for electricity used in the tenant’s unit.
The law also provides that the landlord must be the named customer for utility billing in a building that has shared-meter utility billing for multiple tenants.
The minimimum wage will also get a boost up to $11.13 an hour in the state. There also will need to be salary range parameters in job postings, if “a person or entity that employs 30 or more employees at one or more sites in Minnesota."
Finally, guns with "binary triggers" will become illegal in Minnesota. A binary trigger allows a firearm to shoot one shot on the pull of the trigger and a second shot on the trigger release without requiring a subsequent pull of the trigger.
You can see a full list of new provisions going into effect in 2025 here.