MN SF3662

Amends Minnesota Statutes section 363A.28, subdivision 10 to expand disparate impact liability under the Human Rights Act to cover both employment (section 363A.08) and housing (section 363A.09) discrimination, regardless of intent

Defines discriminatory effect as practices that actually or predictably result in disparate impact on protected classes, or that create, increase, reinforce, or perpetuate segregated housing patterns

Allows claims to be brought before a practice is implemented if evidence shows it will result in disparate impact, and permits a single injured person to pursue claims on behalf of an affected group

Removes requirement to identify which specific policy within a group of policies causes the disparate impact when demonstrating that the overall group of practices has discriminatory effects

Explicitly includes artificial intelligence practices under the disparate impact framework, holding AI systems to the same discriminatory effect standards as other practices