SF 4334

02/27/26  REVISOR  SGS/BH  26-07417  as introduced
  SENATE
  STATE OF MINNESOTA
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION  S.F. No. 4334
  (SENATE AUTHORS: CHAMPION)
  DATE       D-PG  OFFICIAL STATUS
  03/11/2026      6590 Introduction and first reading
  Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to civil law; modifying the statute of limitations for actions under the
1.3Minnesota Human Rights Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.28,
1.4subdivision 3.
1.5    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7Subd. 3. For filing claim; filing options. (a) A claim of an unfair discriminatory practice
1.8    must be brought as a civil action pursuant to section 363A.33, subdivision 1, filed in a charge
1.9    with a local commission pursuant to section 363A.07, subdivision 3, or filed in a charge
1.10   with the commissioner within one year after ten years of the occurrence of the practice.
1.11(b) The running of the one-year ten-year limitation period is suspended during the time
1.12   a potential charging party and respondent are voluntarily engaged in a dispute resolution
1.13   process involving a claim of unlawful discrimination under this chapter, including arbitration,
1.14   conciliation, mediation or grievance procedures pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement
1.15   or statutory, charter, ordinance provisions for a civil service or other employment system
1.16   or a school board sexual harassment or sexual violence policy. A potential respondent who
1.17   participates in such a process with a potential charging party before a charge is filed or a
1.18   civil action is brought shall notify the department and the charging party in writing of the
1.19   participation in the process and the date the process commenced and shall also notify the
1.20   department and the charging party of the ending date of the process. A respondent who fails
1.21   to provide this notification is barred from raising the defense that the statute of limitations
1.22   has run unless one year ten years plus a period of time equal to the suspension period has
1.23   passed.
Section 1.  1
02/27/26  REVISOR  SGS/BH  26-07417  as introduced
2.1     (c) The running of the one-year ten-year limitation period is suspended during the
2.2 applicable time period under section 363A.331, subdivision 2, during which a civil action
2.3 may not be brought.
Section 1.  2