2026-09-12 · Minnesota · Legislation

What happened. Section 4 of Laws 2026, ch. 82 rewrites Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-103(g), the board-meeting provision. Effective 1 January 2027, and by its own terms it “applies to all association activities on or after that date.”¹

The hedge is gone

The statute now reads that “all meetings of the board of directors must be open to the unit owners” and that “[t]he board shall give reasonable notice.” The former qualifier — openness and notice “to the extent practicable” — is deleted.

Practicability was the hook that carried a great deal of weight in Minnesota board practice. Its removal is the quiet centre of this section.

Agendas, and the documents themselves

“The board must make the meeting agenda, and contracts or other documents the board intends to approve or disapprove at the board meeting, available to unit owners in any reasonable manner, including but not limited to electronic mailing or posting on the association's website.”

This goes further than an agenda requirement. A vendor contract scheduled for approval — roofing, management, landscaping, insurance broker — becomes an owner-visible document before the board signs it, not after an owner asks for it under the records statute.

A right to speak, and a bar on punishing it

“Before any action is taken on an agenda item at any board meeting open to unit owners, a unit owner, or a person designated in writing by the owner, must be permitted to speak at a time designated by the board on an agenda item.”

The board keeps order: it “may place a reasonable limit on the time a member is allowed to speak and may, after a warning by the chair of the meeting, expel any person who disrupts the meeting.” But the section ends with a hard line: “A board may not impose a fine for exercising the right to speak or provide a written statement.”

What still happens behind closed doors

The closed-session grounds are unchanged — personnel matters, litigation, and criminal activity. Chapter 82 does not narrow them.

It also adds a new safe harbour: no notice or minutes are required for a meeting among board members or officers “if the subject of the meeting is solely to discuss issues related to basic maintenance, or daily operations and management… provided the meeting does not result in a vote or formal action.”

1. Laws 2026, ch. 82 (S.F. 1750), full session-law text — Minnesota Revisor of Statutes ↩
2. “New Laws 2026: Chapter 82” — Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services ↩
3. H.F. 2618 bill status (director training and plain-language guide; died in committee) — Minnesota Revisor of Statutes ↩
4. Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-103 — board of directors; meetings (codified text) ↩