MN SF4334

Extends the statute of limitations for filing unfair discriminatory practice claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act from one year to ten years after the occurrence of the discriminatory practice

Claims may be filed as a civil action, with a local commission, or with the commissioner within the extended ten-year timeframe

The ten-year limitation period is suspended (tolled) while parties are engaged in voluntary dispute resolution processes, including arbitration, conciliation, mediation, or grievance procedures

Respondents who participate in dispute resolution before a charge is filed must notify the department and charging party of the process dates; failure to provide notification bars the respondent from claiming the statute of limitations has expired unless ten years plus the suspension period has passed

Amends Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.28, subdivision 3