1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to housing; requiring landlords to accept a tenant's individual taxpayer 
1.3 	identification number in lieu of a Social Security number;proposing coding for 
1.4 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [504B.117] INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
1.7 	A landlord must provide on a rental application the option for a prospective tenant to 
1.8 	submit an individual taxpayer identification number or a Social Security number as follows:

1.9	"SSN or ITIN:
	........
	."
	
1.10 	A landlord must not deny a rental application solely because the prospective tenant provided 
1.11 	an individual taxpayer identification number. Nothing in this section prevents a landlord 
1.12 	from denying an application if the consumer credit report attached to an individual taxpayer 
1.13 	identification number is insufficient.