S.F. No. 317 - Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act

• Creates new Minnesota Statutes chapter 553A establishing procedures for defamation claims requiring requesters to seek corrections or clarifications before filing lawsuits.

• Requires persons to make timely and adequate written requests for corrections within the statute of limitations period, or within 90 days of learning of the publication, with failure resulting in recovery limited to provable economic loss.

• Establishes timelines for publishers to respond: 25 days after receiving information about falsity or 45 days after receiving a correction request, with corrections deemed timely and sufficient unless challenged within 20 days.

• Limits damages to provable economic loss (special, pecuniary damages) when timely and sufficient corrections or clarifications are made, except when neither adequate request nor correction occurred.

• Prohibits evidence of correction requests, corrections themselves, and settlement offers from being admitted at trial except for mitigation of damages purposes; applies to all publications including writings, broadcasts, and electronic transmissions published after August 1, 2015.