HF 2380

HF2380 FIRST ENGROSSMENT  REVISOR  CR  H2380-1
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  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.  2380
03/17/2025    Authored by Hicks; Nadeau; Curran; Hanson, J.; Frederick and others
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
03/09/2026    Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register as Amended
  Read for the Second Time
04/28/2026    Referred to the Chief Clerk for Comparison with S. F. No. 3210
04/30/2026    Postponed Indefinitely
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to human rights; including disability accommodations as protection from
1.3discrimination; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.02, subdivision
1.41.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7Subdivision 1. Freedom from discrimination. (a) It is the public policy of this state to
1.8secure for persons in this state, freedom from discrimination:
1.9(1) in employment because of one or more of the following: race, color, creed, religion,
1.10national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, disability, status with regard to public
1.11assistance, sexual orientation, familial status, and age;
1.12(2) in housing and real property because of one or more of the following: race, color,
1.13creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, disability, status with
1.14regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, and familial status;
1.15(3) in public accommodations because of one or more of the following: race, color,
1.16creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability;
1.17(4) in public services because of one or more of the following: race, color, creed, religion,
1.18national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, and status
1.19with regard to public assistance; and
1.20(5) in education because of one or more of the following: race, color, creed, religion,
1.21national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, disability, status with regard to public
1.22assistance, sexual orientation, and age.
Section 1.  1
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2.1     (b) Such discrimination threatens the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of this state
2.2 and menaces the institutions and foundations of democracy. It is also the public policy of
2.3 this state to protect all persons from wholly unfounded charges of discrimination. Nothing
2.4 in this chapter shall be interpreted as restricting the implementation of positive action
2.5 programs to combat discrimination.
2.6     (c) Accommodations allow people with disabilities to participate fully in all these areas
2.7 of protection. Failure to engage in the process to determine an accommodation may be
2.8 discriminatory.
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