| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to human rights; changing provision on disparate impact cases; amending |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.28, subdivision 10. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.28, subdivision 10, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subd. 10.Disparate impact cases in employment.If the complaining party has met |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7its burden of showing that an employment the respondent's practice is responsible for a |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8statistically significant adverse impact on a particular class of persons protected by section |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9363A.08, subdivision 2, an employer sections 363A.08 to 363A.19, a respondent must |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10justify that practice by demonstrating that the practice is manifestly related to the job or |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11significantly furthers an important business, governmental, or educational purpose. For |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12purposes of section 363A.08, subdivision 2, a respondent must also demonstrate that the |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13challenged practice is manifestly related to the job for the position in question. Upon |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14establishment of this justification, the charging party may prevail upon demonstration of |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15the existence of a comparably effective practice that the court finds would cause a |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16significantly lesser adverse impact on the identified protected class. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 18 | 18 | | REVISOR SGS/BM 25-0101412/20/24 |
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| 19 | 19 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 21 | 21 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 22 | 22 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 23 | 23 | | H. F. No. 2182 |
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| 24 | 24 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 25 | 25 | | Authored by Virnig03/12/2025 |
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| 26 | 26 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law |
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