| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to civil law; amending the statute of limitations for actions under the |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Minnesota Human Rights Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.28, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision 3. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 3.For filing claim; filing options.(a) A claim of an unfair discriminatory practice |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8must be brought as a civil action pursuant to section 363A.33, subdivision 1, filed in a charge |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9with a local commission pursuant to section 363A.07, subdivision 3, or filed in a charge |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10with the commissioner within one year after ten years of the occurrence of the practice. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (b) The running of the one-year ten-year limitation period is suspended during the time |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12a potential charging party and respondent are voluntarily engaged in a dispute resolution |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13process involving a claim of unlawful discrimination under this chapter, including arbitration, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14conciliation, mediation or grievance procedures pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15or statutory, charter, ordinance provisions for a civil service or other employment system |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16or a school board sexual harassment or sexual violence policy. A potential respondent who |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17participates in such a process with a potential charging party before a charge is filed or a |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18civil action is brought shall notify the department and the charging party in writing of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19participation in the process and the date the process commenced and shall also notify the |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20department and the charging party of the ending date of the process. A respondent who fails |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21to provide this notification is barred from raising the defense that the statute of limitations |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22has run unless one year ten years plus a period of time equal to the suspension period has |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23passed. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 25-04728 as introduced03/13/25 REVISOR SGS/BM |
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| 26 | 26 | | SENATE |
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| 27 | 27 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 28 | 28 | | S.F. No. 3112NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 29 | 29 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: CHAMPION) |
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| 30 | 30 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 31 | 31 | | Introduction and first reading04/01/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 (c) The running of the one-year ten-year limitation period is suspended during the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2applicable time period under section 363A.331, subdivision 2, during which a civil action |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3may not be brought. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 25-04728 as introduced03/13/25 REVISOR SGS/BM |
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