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Defined by statute

Discriminate

Under the Minnesota Human Rights Act the term includes segregate, separate, or harassment — and since 2024 the harassment branch is no longer limited to sexual harassment or to claims based on sex.

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Also called: discrimination under the MHRA.

The term “discriminate” includes segregate, separate, or harassment.

Minn. Stat. § 363A.03, subd. 13. Eight words that were rewritten in 2024, and the deletion is the story. Laws 2024, ch. 105, § 3, struck the words “and, for purposes of discrimination based on sex, it includes sexual” and put “, or” in their place. The subdivision that once counted harassment only as a species of sex discrimination now counts harassment as discrimination on any protected basis the Act names. Race, religion, disability, age, national origin: harassment on those grounds is now inside the definition on its face.

Where this comes up

Sources checked September 8, 2026. Citations independently verified against the primary source September 8, 2026.

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