1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to human rights; prohibiting discrimination based on disability status;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.19.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.19, is amended to read:
1.6 363A.19 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
1.7PROHIBITED.
1.8 Subdivision 1.Discrimination prohibited.(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law
1.9to the contrary, no individual with a disability shall, due to the reasons of the disability, be
1.10excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities
1.11of a public or private entity that receives money from the state of Minnesota. An entity must
1.12provide reasonable accommodations to an individual with a disability and must ensure no
1.13individual with a disability is discriminated against by the entity.
1.14 (b) For purposes of this section, "individual with a disability" or "person with a disability"
1.15means an individual with a physical or mental condition that substantially limits one or
1.16more major life activities, including caring for oneself, mobility, learning, seeing, hearing,
1.17communicating, breathing, working, and social interaction.
1.18 (c) For purposes of this section, "disability" and "unfair discriminatory practice" have
1.19the meanings given in section 363A.03, subdivisions 12 and 48.
1.20 Subd. 2.Service animals.(a) It is an unfair discriminatory practice for an owner,
1.21operator, or manager of a hotel, restaurant, public conveyance, or other public place to
1.22prohibit a person with a disability from taking a service animal into the public place or
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H. F. No. 2380
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Hicks; Nadeau; Curran; Hanson, J.; Allen and others03/17/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law 2.1conveyance to aid persons with disabilities, and if the service animal is properly harnessed
2.2or leashed so that the person with a disability may maintain control of the service animal.
2.3 (b) No person shall require a person with a disability to make an extra payment or pay
2.4an additional charge when taking a service animal into any of the public places referred to
2.5in paragraph (a).
2.6 (c) For purposes of this section, "service animal" means a service animal as defined by
2.7the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended.
2.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.9 Sec. 2. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
2.10 The revisor of statutes shall add an additional cross-reference to Minnesota Statutes,
2.11section 363A.19, whenever the term "section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act" appears in
2.12Minnesota Statutes when used in the context of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, United States
2.13Code Annotated, title 29, section 794. The revisor shall make any technical language,
2.14grammatical, and other changes needed to carry out this instruction.
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