Minnesota Women's Bill of Rights created, and terms of all statutes and rules defined.
93rd Legislature 2023-2024
The Minnesota Women's Bill of Rights applies wherever the state or an instrumentality of the state classifies people on the basis of sex or otherwise defines people as being female or male, women or men, girls or boys, and the definitions contained in this section apply. [...] (b) Because the state has an important interest in preventing unjust discrimination and in maintaining safety, privacy, and fairness, the state may provide separate single-sex environments for males and females where the sexes are not similarly situated, particularly with respect to biology, including but not limited to athletics, living facilities, locker rooms, bathrooms, domestic violence shelters, and rape crisis centers without running afoul of antidiscrimination mandates. (c) Wherever the state provides separate single-sex environments for males and females, the definitions established in this section must apply.
(1) "woman" means an adult human of the female sex, and a "man" is an adult human of the male sex; (2) "girl" means a human female who has not yet reached adulthood, and a "boy" is a human male who has not yet reached adulthood; (3) "mother" means a female parent of a child or children; (4) "female," when used in reference to a natural person, means an individual who has, had, will have, or would have (but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident) the reproductive system that at some point produces ova;"male," when used in reference to a natural person, means an individual who has,had, will have, or would have (but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident) the reproductive system that at some point produces sperm for fertilization of female ova;(6) "father" means a male parent of a child or children;
(b) Individuals with differences in sex development also known as DSD or intersex conditions are not a third sex. Individuals with a congenital and medically verifiable DSD diagnosis must be accommodated consistent with state and federal law.
History
Date | Action |
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2024-03-21 | Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law |