1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human rights; creating a separate definition for gender identity; removing 
1.3 	certain sections in the human rights act that allow for discrimination based on 
1.4 	sexual orientation;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 82B.195, 
1.5 	subdivision 3; 245I.12, subdivision 1; 363A.02, subdivision 1; 363A.03, 
1.6 	subdivisions 23, 44, by adding a subdivision; 363A.04; 363A.06, subdivision 1; 
1.7 	363A.07, subdivision 2; 363A.08, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 363A.09, subdivisions 
1.8 	1, 2, 3, 4; 363A.11, subdivision 1; 363A.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 363A.16, 
1.9 	subdivision 1; 363A.17; 363A.21, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.10 	2022, sections 363A.20, subdivision 3; 363A.27.
1.11 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 82B.195, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 3.Additional requirements. In addition to the requirements of subdivisions 1 
1.14 	and 2, an appraiser must:
1.15 	(1) not knowingly make any of the following unacceptable appraisal practices:
1.16 	(i) include inaccurate or misleading factual data about the subject neighborhood, site, 
1.17 	improvements, or comparable sales;
1.18 	(ii) fail to comment on negative factors with respect to the subject neighborhood, subject 
1.19 	property, or proximity of the subject property to adverse influences;
1.20 	(iii) unless otherwise disclosed in the appraisal report, use comparables in the valuation 
1.21 	process that the appraiser has not at least personally inspected from the exterior by driving 
1.22 	by them;
1.23 	(iv) select and use inappropriate comparable sales or fail to use comparables that are 
1.24 	physically and by location the most similar to the subject property;
2.1 	(v) use data, particularly comparable sales data, that was provided by parties who have 
2.2 	a financial interest in the sale or financing of the subject property without the appraiser's 
2.3 	verification of the information from a disinterested source. For example, it would be 
2.4 	inappropriate for an appraiser to use comparable sales provided by the builder of the subject 
2.5 	property or a real estate broker who is handling the sale of the subject property, unless the 
2.6 	appraiser verifies the accuracy of the data provided through another source. If a signed HUD 
2.7 	Settlement Statement is used for this verification, the appraiser must also verify the sale 
2.8 	data with the buyer or county records. The appraiser must also make an independent 
2.9 	investigation to determine that the comparable sales provided were the best ones available;
2.10 	(vi) use adjustments to the comparable sales that do not reflect the market's reaction to 
2.11 	the differences between the subject property and the comparables, or fail to make adjustments 
2.12 	when they are clearly indicated;
2.13 	(vii) develop a valuation conclusion that is based either partially or completely on factors 
2.14 	identified in chapter 363A, including race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, marital 
2.15 	status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, familial status 
2.16 	of the owner or occupants of nearby property, or national origin of either the prospective 
2.17 	owners or occupants of the properties in the vicinity of the subject property; or
2.18 	(viii) develop a valuation conclusion that is not supported by available market data;
2.19 	(2) provide a resume, current within six months of the date it is provided, to anyone who 
2.20 	employs the appraiser, indicating all professional degrees and licenses held by the appraiser; 
2.21 	and
2.22 	(3) reject any request by the person who has employed the appraiser that is in conflict 
2.23 	with the requirements of Minnesota law or this chapter and withdraw from the appraisal 
2.24 	assignment if the employing party persists in the request.

2.25 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 245I.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.26 		Subdivision 1.Client rights. A license holder must ensure that all clients have the 
2.27 	following rights:
2.28 	(1) the rights listed in the health care bill of rights in section 144.651;
2.29 	(2) the right to be free from discrimination based on age, race, color, creed, religion, 
2.30 	national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, and status 
2.31 	with regard to public assistance. The license holder must follow all applicable state and 
2.32 	federal laws including the Minnesota Human Rights Act, chapter 363A; and
3.1 	(3) the right to be informed prior to a photograph or audio or video recording being made 
3.2 	of the client. The client has the right to refuse to allow any recording or photograph of the 
3.3 	client that is not for the purposes of identification or supervision by the license holder.

3.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.5 		Subdivision 1.Freedom from discrimination. (a) It is the public policy of this state to 
3.6 	secure for persons in this state, freedom from discrimination:
3.7 	(1) in employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender 
3.8 	identity, marital status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, 
3.9 	familial status, and age;
3.10 	(2) in housing and real property because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, 
3.11 	sex, gender identity, marital status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, sexual 
3.12 	orientation, and familial status;
3.13 	(3) in public accommodations because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, 
3.14 	sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability;
3.15 	(4) in public services because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender 
3.16 	identity,  marital status, disability, sexual orientation, and status with regard to public 
3.17 	assistance; and
3.18 	(5) in education because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender 
3.19 	identity, marital status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, 
3.20 	and age.
3.21 	(b) Such discrimination threatens the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of this state 
3.22 	and menaces the institutions and foundations of democracy. It is also the public policy of 
3.23 	this state to protect all persons from wholly unfounded charges of discrimination. Nothing 
3.24 	in this chapter shall be interpreted as restricting the implementation of positive action 
3.25 	programs to combat discrimination.

3.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.03, subdivision 23, is amended to read:
3.27 		Subd. 23.Local commission. "Local commission" means an agency of a city, county, 
3.28 	or group of counties created pursuant to law, resolution of a county board, city charter, or 
3.29 	municipal ordinance for the purpose of dealing with discrimination on the basis of race, 
3.30 	color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, 
3.31 	status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, or familial status.

4.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.03, subdivision 44, is amended to read:
4.2 		Subd. 44.Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means having or being perceived as 
4.3 	having an emotional, physical, or sexual attachment to another person without regard to the 
4.4 	sex of that person or having or being perceived as having an orientation for such attachment, 
4.5 	or having or being perceived as having a self-image or identity not traditionally associated 
4.6 	with one's biological maleness or femaleness. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical 
4.7 	or sexual attachment to children by an adult.

4.8 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
4.9 	read:
4.10 		Subd. 50.Gender identity. "Gender identity" means a person's inherent sense of being 
4.11 	a man, woman, both, or neither. A person's gender identity may or may not correspond to 
4.12 	their assigned sex at birth or to their primary or secondary sex characteristics. A person's 
4.13 	gender identity is not necessarily visible to others.

4.14 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.04, is amended to read:
4.15 	363A.04 CONSTRUCTION AND EXCLUSIVITY.
4.16 	The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of the 
4.17 	purposes thereof. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal any of the 
4.18 	provisions of the civil rights law or of any other law of this state relating to discrimination 
4.19 	because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, 
4.20 	status with regard to public assistance, national origin, sexual orientation, or familial status; 
4.21 	but, as to acts declared unfair by sections 363A.08 to 363A.19, and 363A.28, subdivision 
4.22 	10, the procedure herein provided shall, while pending, be exclusive.

4.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.24 		Subdivision 1.Formulation of policies. (a) The commissioner shall formulate policies 
4.25 	to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and shall do the following:
4.26 	(1) exercise leadership under the direction of the governor in the development of human 
4.27 	rights policies and programs, and make recommendations to the governor and the legislature 
4.28 	for their consideration and implementation;
4.29 	(2) establish and maintain a principal office in St. Paul, and any other necessary branch 
4.30 	offices at any location within the state;
4.31 	(3) meet and function at any place within the state;
5.1 	(4) employ attorneys, clerks, and other employees and agents as the commissioner may 
5.2 	deem necessary and prescribe their duties;
5.3 	(5) to the extent permitted by federal law and regulation, utilize the records of the 
5.4 	Department of Employment and Economic Development of the state when necessary to 
5.5 	effectuate the purposes of this chapter;
5.6 	(6) obtain upon request and utilize the services of all state governmental departments 
5.7 	and agencies;
5.8 	(7) adopt suitable rules for effectuating the purposes of this chapter;
5.9 	(8) issue complaints, receive and investigate charges alleging unfair discriminatory 
5.10 	practices, and determine whether or not probable cause exists for hearing;
5.11 	(9) subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production for 
5.12 	examination of any books or papers relative to any matter under investigation or in question 
5.13 	as the commissioner deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
5.14 	(10) attempt, by means of education, conference, conciliation, and persuasion to eliminate 
5.15 	unfair discriminatory practices as being contrary to the public policy of the state;
5.16 	(11) develop and conduct programs of formal and informal education designed to 
5.17 	eliminate discrimination and intergroup conflict by use of educational techniques and 
5.18 	programs the commissioner deems necessary;
5.19 	(12) make a written report of the activities of the commissioner to the governor each 
5.20 	year;
5.21 	(13) accept gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments public and private to help finance 
5.22 	the activities of the department;
5.23 	(14) create such local and statewide advisory committees as will in the commissioner's 
5.24 	judgment aid in effectuating the purposes of the Department of Human Rights;
5.25 	(15) develop such programs as will aid in determining the compliance throughout the 
5.26 	state with the provisions of this chapter, and in the furtherance of such duties, conduct 
5.27 	research and study discriminatory practices based upon race, color, creed, religion, national 
5.28 	origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, status with regard to public 
5.29 	assistance, familial status, sexual orientation, or other factors and develop accurate data on 
5.30 	the nature and extent of discrimination and other matters as they may affect housing, 
5.31 	employment, public accommodations, schools, and other areas of public life;
6.1 	(16) develop and disseminate technical assistance to persons subject to the provisions 
6.2 	of this chapter, and to agencies and officers of governmental and private agencies;
6.3 	(17) provide staff services to such advisory committees as may be created in aid of the 
6.4 	functions of the Department of Human Rights;
6.5 	(18) make grants in aid to the extent that appropriations are made available for that 
6.6 	purpose in aid of carrying out duties and responsibilities; and
6.7 	(19) cooperate and consult with the commissioner of labor and industry regarding the 
6.8 	investigation of violations of, and resolution of complaints regarding section 363A.08, 
6.9 	subdivision 7.
6.10 	In performing these duties, the commissioner shall give priority to those duties in clauses 
6.11 	(8), (9), and (10) and to the duties in section 363A.36.
6.12 	(b) All gifts, bequests, grants, or other payments, public and private, accepted under 
6.13 	paragraph (a), clause (13), must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special 
6.14 	account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of human rights to help 
6.15 	finance activities of the department.

6.16 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.17 		Subd. 2.Referral from commissioner. The commissioner, whether or not a charge has 
6.18 	been filed under this chapter, may refer a matter involving discrimination because of race, 
6.19 	color, religion, sex, gender identity, creed, disability, marital status, status with regard to 
6.20 	public assistance, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or familial status to a local 
6.21 	commission for study and report.
6.22 	Upon referral by the commissioner, the local commission shall make a report and make 
6.23 	recommendations to the commissioner and take other appropriate action within the scope 
6.24 	of its powers.

6.25 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.26 		Subdivision 1.Labor organization. Except when based on a bona fide occupational 
6.27 	qualification, it is an unfair employment practice for a labor organization, because of race, 
6.28 	color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard 
6.29 	to public assistance, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, or age:
6.30 	(1) to deny full and equal membership rights to a person seeking membership or to a 
6.31 	member;
7.1 	(2) to expel a member from membership;
7.2 	(3) to discriminate against a person seeking membership or a member with respect to 
7.3 	hiring, apprenticeship, tenure, compensation, terms, upgrading, conditions, facilities, or 
7.4 	privileges of employment; or
7.5 	(4) to fail to classify properly, or refer for employment or otherwise to discriminate 
7.6 	against a person or member.

7.7 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.8 		Subd. 2.Employer. Except when based on a bona fide occupational qualification, it is 
7.9 	an unfair employment practice for an employer, because of race, color, creed, religion, 
7.10 	national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, 
7.11 	familial status, membership or activity in a local commission, disability, sexual orientation, 
7.12 	or age to:
7.13 	(1) refuse to hire or to maintain a system of employment which unreasonably excludes 
7.14 	a person seeking employment; or
7.15 	(2) discharge an employee; or
7.16 	(3) discriminate against a person with respect to hiring, tenure, compensation, terms, 
7.17 	upgrading, conditions, facilities, or privileges of employment.

7.18 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
7.19 		Subd. 3.Employment agency. Except when based on a bona fide occupational 
7.20 	qualification, it is an unfair employment practice for an employment agency, because of 
7.21 	race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with 
7.22 	regard to public assistance, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, or age to:
7.23 	(1) refuse or fail to accept, register, classify properly, or refer for employment or 
7.24 	otherwise to discriminate against a person; or
7.25 	(2) comply with a request from an employer for referral of applicants for employment 
7.26 	if the request indicates directly or indirectly that the employer fails to comply with the 
7.27 	provisions of this chapter.

7.28 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7.29 		Subd. 4.Employer, employment agency, or labor organization. (a) Except when 
7.30 	based on a bona fide occupational qualification, it is an unfair employment practice for an 
8.1 	employer, employment agency, or labor organization, before a person is employed by an 
8.2 	employer or admitted to membership in a labor organization, to:
8.3 	(1) require or request the person to furnish information that pertains to race, color, creed, 
8.4 	religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public 
8.5 	assistance, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, or age; or, subject to section 363A.20, 
8.6 	to require or request a person to undergo physical examination; unless for the sole and 
8.7 	exclusive purpose of national security, information pertaining to national origin is required 
8.8 	by the United States, this state or a political subdivision or agency of the United States or 
8.9 	this state, or for the sole and exclusive purpose of compliance with the Public Contracts 
8.10 	Act or any rule, regulation, or laws of the United States or of this state requiring the 
8.11 	information or examination. A law enforcement agency may, after notifying an applicant 
8.12 	for a peace officer or part-time peace officer position that the law enforcement agency is 
8.13 	commencing the background investigation on the applicant, request the applicant's date of 
8.14 	birth, gender, and race on a separate form for the sole and exclusive purpose of conducting 
8.15 	a criminal history check, a driver's license check, and fingerprint criminal history inquiry. 
8.16 	The form shall include a statement indicating why the data is being collected and what its 
8.17 	limited use will be. No document which has date of birth, gender, or race information will 
8.18 	be included in the information given to or available to any person who is involved in selecting 
8.19 	the person or persons employed other than the background investigator. No person may act 
8.20 	both as background investigator and be involved in the selection of an employee except that 
8.21 	the background investigator's report about background may be used in that selection as long 
8.22 	as no direct or indirect references are made to the applicant's race, age, or gender; or
8.23 	(2) seek and obtain for purposes of making a job decision, information from any source 
8.24 	that pertains to the person's race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, 
8.25 	marital status, status with regard to public assistance, familial status, disability, sexual 
8.26 	orientation, or age, unless for the sole and exclusive purpose of compliance with the Public 
8.27 	Contracts Act or any rule, regulation, or laws of the United States or of this state requiring 
8.28 	the information; or
8.29 	(3) cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement that relates to employment 
8.30 	or membership and discloses a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based 
8.31 	on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status 
8.32 	with regard to public assistance, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
8.33 	(b) Any individual who is required to provide information that is prohibited by this 
8.34 	subdivision is an aggrieved party under sections 363A.06, subdivision 4, and 363A.28, 
8.35 	subdivisions 1 to 9.

9.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.2 		Subdivision 1.Real property interest; action by owner, lessee, and others. It is an 
9.3 	unfair discriminatory practice for an owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, or managing agent 
9.4 	of, or other person having the right to sell, rent or lease any real property, or any agent of 
9.5 	any of these:
9.6 	(1) to refuse to sell, rent, or lease or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or 
9.7 	group of persons any real property because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, 
9.8 	sex, gender identity,  marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual 
9.9 	orientation, or familial status; or
9.10 	(2) to discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race, color, creed, 
9.11 	religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public 
9.12 	assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or familial status in the terms, conditions or 
9.13 	privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any real property or in the furnishing of facilities or 
9.14 	services in connection therewith, except that nothing in this clause shall be construed to 
9.15 	prohibit the adoption of reasonable rules intended to protect the safety of minors in their 
9.16 	use of the real property or any facilities or services furnished in connection therewith; or
9.17 	(3) in any transaction involving real property, to print, circulate or post or cause to be 
9.18 	printed, circulated, or posted any advertisement or sign, or use any form of application for 
9.19 	the purchase, rental or lease of real property, or make any record or inquiry in connection 
9.20 	with the prospective purchase, rental, or lease of real property which expresses, directly or 
9.21 	indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, 
9.22 	national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, 
9.23 	disability, sexual orientation, or familial status, or any intent to make any such limitation, 
9.24 	specification, or discrimination except that nothing in this clause shall be construed to 
9.25 	prohibit the advertisement of a dwelling unit as available to adults-only if the person placing 
9.26 	the advertisement reasonably believes that the provisions of this section prohibiting 
9.27 	discrimination because of familial status do not apply to the dwelling unit.

9.28 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.29 		Subd. 2.Real property interest; action by brokers, agents, and others. It is an unfair 
9.30 	discriminatory practice for a real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or employee, or agent 
9.31 	thereof:
9.32 	(1) to refuse to sell, rent, or lease or to offer for sale, rental, or lease any real property 
9.33 	to any person or group of persons or to negotiate for the sale, rental, or lease of any real 
10.1 	property to any person or group of persons because of race, color, creed, religion, national 
10.2 	origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, 
10.3 	sexual orientation, or familial status or represent that real property is not available for 
10.4 	inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or otherwise deny or withhold 
10.5 	any real property or any facilities of real property to or from any person or group of persons 
10.6 	because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, 
10.7 	status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or familial status; or
10.8 	(2) to discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, national 
10.9 	origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, 
10.10 	sexual orientation, or familial status in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental 
10.11 	or lease of real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith; 
10.12 	or
10.13 	(3) to print, circulate, or post or cause to be printed, circulated, or posted any 
10.14 	advertisement or sign, or use any form of application for the purchase, rental, or lease of 
10.15 	any real property or make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, 
10.16 	rental or lease of any real property, which expresses directly or indirectly, any limitation, 
10.17 	specification or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender 
10.18 	identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, 
10.19 	or familial status or any intent to make any such limitation, specification, or discrimination 
10.20 	except that nothing in this clause shall be construed to prohibit the advertisement of a 
10.21 	dwelling unit as available to adults-only if the person placing the advertisement reasonably 
10.22 	believes that the provisions of this section prohibiting discrimination because of familial 
10.23 	status do not apply to the dwelling unit.

10.24 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
10.25 		Subd. 3.Real property interest; action by financial institution. It is an unfair 
10.26 	discriminatory practice for a person, bank, banking organization, mortgage company, 
10.27 	insurance company, or other financial institution or lender to whom application is made for 
10.28 	financial assistance for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair 
10.29 	or maintenance of any real property or any agent or employee thereof:
10.30 	(1) to discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race, color, creed, 
10.31 	religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public 
10.32 	assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or familial status of the person or group of persons 
10.33 	or of the prospective occupants or tenants of the real property in the granting, withholding, 
11.1 	extending, modifying or renewing, or in the rates, terms, conditions, or privileges of the 
11.2 	financial assistance or in the extension of services in connection therewith; or
11.3 	(2) to use any form of application for the financial assistance or make any record or 
11.4 	inquiry in connection with applications for the financial assistance which expresses, directly 
11.5 	or indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, 
11.6 	national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, 
11.7 	disability, sexual orientation, or familial status or any intent to make any such limitation, 
11.8 	specification, or discrimination; or
11.9 	(3) to discriminate against any person or group of persons who desire to purchase, lease, 
11.10 	acquire, construct, rehabilitate, repair, or maintain real property in a specific urban or rural 
11.11 	area or any part thereof solely because of the social, economic, or environmental conditions 
11.12 	of the area in the granting, withholding, extending, modifying, or renewing, or in the rates, 
11.13 	terms, conditions, or privileges of the financial assistance or in the extension of services in 
11.14 	connection therewith.

11.15 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
11.16 		Subd. 4.Real property transaction. It is an unfair discriminatory practice for any real 
11.17 	estate broker or real estate salesperson, for the purpose of inducing a real property transaction 
11.18 	from which the person, the person's firm, or any of its members may benefit financially, to 
11.19 	represent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition with respect 
11.20 	to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, marital status, status with regard 
11.21 	to public assistance, sexual orientation, or disability of the owners or occupants in the block, 
11.22 	neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located, and to represent, directly or 
11.23 	indirectly, that this change will or may result in undesirable consequences in the block, 
11.24 	neighborhood, or area in which the real property is located, including but not limited to the 
11.25 	lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior, or a decline in 
11.26 	the quality of schools or other public facilities.

11.27 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.28 		Subdivision 1.Full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations. (a) It is an unfair 
11.29 	discriminatory practice:
11.30 	(1) to deny any person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, 
11.31 	privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation because 
11.32 	of race, color, creed, religion, disability, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, 
12.1 	or sex, or gender identity, or for a taxicab company to discriminate in the access to, full 
12.2 	utilization of, or benefit from service because of a person's disability; or
12.3 	(2) for a place of public accommodation not to make reasonable accommodation to the 
12.4 	known physical, sensory, or mental disability of a disabled person. In determining whether 
12.5 	an accommodation is reasonable, the factors to be considered may include:
12.6 	(i) the frequency and predictability with which members of the public will be served by 
12.7 	the accommodation at that location;
12.8 	(ii) the size of the business or organization at that location with respect to physical size, 
12.9 	annual gross revenues, and the number of employees;
12.10 	(iii) the extent to which disabled persons will be further served from the accommodation;
12.11 	(iv) the type of operation;
12.12 	(v) the nature and amount of both direct costs and legitimate indirect costs of making 
12.13 	the accommodation and the reasonableness for that location to finance the accommodation; 
12.14 	and
12.15 	(vi) the extent to which any persons may be adversely affected by the accommodation.
12.16 	(b) State or local building codes control where applicable. Violations of state or local 
12.17 	building codes are not violations of this chapter and must be enforced under normal building 
12.18 	code procedures.

12.19 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.20 		Subdivision 1.Utilization; benefit or services. It is an unfair discriminatory practice 
12.21 	to discriminate in any manner in the full utilization of or benefit from any educational 
12.22 	institution, or the services rendered thereby to any person because of race, color, creed, 
12.23 	religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, marital status, status with regard to public 
12.24 	assistance, sexual orientation, or disability, or to fail to ensure physical and program access 
12.25 	for disabled persons. For purposes of this subdivision, program access includes but is not 
12.26 	limited to providing taped texts, interpreters or other methods of making orally delivered 
12.27 	materials available, readers in libraries, adapted classroom equipment, and similar auxiliary 
12.28 	aids or services. Program access does not include providing attendants, individually 
12.29 	prescribed devices, readers for personal use or study, or other devices or services of a 
12.30 	personal nature.

13.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13.2 		Subd. 2.Exclude, expel, or selection. It is an unfair discriminatory practice to exclude, 
13.3 	expel, or otherwise discriminate against a person seeking admission as a student, or a person 
13.4 	enrolled as a student because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender 
13.5 	identity, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, or 
13.6 	disability.

13.7 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
13.8 		Subd. 3.Admission form or inquiry. It is an unfair discriminatory practice to make or 
13.9 	use a written or oral inquiry, or form of application for admission that elicits or attempts to 
13.10 	elicit information, or to make or keep a record, concerning the creed, religion, gender identity, 
13.11 	sexual orientation, or disability of a person seeking admission, except as permitted by rules 
13.12 	of the department.

13.13 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
13.14 		Subd. 4.Purpose for information and record. It is an unfair discriminatory practice 
13.15 	to make or use a written or oral inquiry or form of application that elicits or attempts to 
13.16 	elicit information, or to keep a record concerning the race, color, national origin, sex, gender 
13.17 	identity, sexual orientation, age, or marital status of a person seeking admission, unless the 
13.18 	information is collected for purposes of evaluating the effectiveness of recruitment, 
13.19 	admissions, and other educational policies, and is maintained separately from the application.

13.20 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.21 		Subdivision 1.Personal or commercial credit. It is an unfair discriminatory practice 
13.22 	to discriminate in the extension of personal or commercial credit to a person, or in the 
13.23 	requirements for obtaining credit, because of race, color, creed, religion, disability, national 
13.24 	origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status, or due to the receipt of 
13.25 	federal, state, or local public assistance including medical assistance.

13.26 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.17, is amended to read:
13.27 	363A.17 BUSINESS DISCRIMINATION.
13.28 	It is an unfair discriminatory practice for a person engaged in a trade or business or in 
13.29 	the provision of a service:
14.1 	(1) to refuse to do business with or provide a service to a woman based on her use of 
14.2 	her current or former surname; or
14.3 	(2) to impose, as a condition of doing business with or providing a service to a woman, 
14.4 	that a woman use her current surname rather than a former surname; or
14.5 	(3) to intentionally refuse to do business with, to refuse to contract with, or to discriminate 
14.6 	in the basic terms, conditions, or performance of the contract because of a person's race, 
14.7 	national origin, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability, unless the alleged 
14.8 	refusal or discrimination is because of a legitimate business purpose.
14.9 	Nothing in this section shall prohibit positive action plans.

14.10 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 363A.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
14.11 		Subdivision 1.Housing. The provisions of section 363A.09 shall not apply to:
14.12 	(1) rooms in a temporary or permanent residence home run by a nonprofit organization, 
14.13 	if the discrimination is by sex; or
14.14 	(2) the rental by a resident owner or occupier of a one-family accommodation of a room 
14.15 	or rooms in the accommodation to another person or persons if the discrimination is by sex, 
14.16 	gender identity, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, 
14.17 	or disability. Except as provided elsewhere in this chapter or other state or federal law, no 
14.18 	person or group of persons selling, renting, or leasing property is required to modify the 
14.19 	property in any way, or exercise a higher degree of care for a person having a disability 
14.20 	than for a person who does not have a disability; nor shall this chapter be construed to relieve 
14.21 	any person or persons of any obligations generally imposed on all persons regardless of any 
14.22 	disability in a written lease, rental agreement, or contract of purchase or sale, or to forbid 
14.23 	distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions, including financial 
14.24 	obligations of the lease, agreement, or contract; or.
14.25 	(3) the rental by a resident owner of a unit in a dwelling containing not more than two 
14.26 	units, if the discrimination is on the basis of sexual orientation.

14.27 	Sec. 26. REPEALER.
 14.28 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 363A.20, subdivision 3; and 363A.27, are repealed.

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Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H1655-1 

363A.20 EXEMPTION BASED ON EMPLOYMENT.Subd. 3.Nonpublic service organization. 
The provisions of section 363A.08 shall not apply to a nonpublic service organization whose primary function is providing occasional services to minors, such as youth sports organizations, scouting organizations, boys' or girls' clubs, programs providing friends, counselors, or role models for minors, youth theater, dance, music or artistic organizations, agricultural organizations for minors, including 4-H clubs, and other youth organizations, with respect to qualifications of employees or volunteers based on sexual orientation. 

363A.27 CONSTRUCTION OF LAW.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to: 

(1) mean the state of Minnesota condones homosexuality or bisexuality or any equivalent lifestyle; 

(2) authorize or permit the promotion of homosexuality or bisexuality in education institutions or require the teaching in education institutions of homosexuality or bisexuality as an acceptable lifestyle; 

(3) authorize or permit the use of numerical goals or quotas, or other types of affirmative action programs, with respect to homosexuality or bisexuality in the administration or enforcement of the provisions of this chapter; or 

(4) authorize the recognition of or the right of marriage between persons of the same sex.