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