§ 363A.19 — DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PROHIBITED

Minnesota § 363A.19

• Jurisdiction: Minnesota
• Part: HUMAN RIGHTS

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(a) It is an unfair discriminatory practice for an owner, operator, or manager of a hotel, restaurant, public conveyance, or other public place to prohibit a person with a disability from taking a service animal into the public place or conveyance to aid persons with disabilities, and if the service animal is properly harnessed or leashed so that the person with a disability may maintain control of the service animal.
(b) No person shall require a person with a disability to make an extra payment or pay an additional charge when taking a service animal into any of the public places referred to in paragraph (a).
(c) For purposes of this section, "service animal" means a service animal as defined by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended.

Legislative History

1955 c 516 s 5;1961 c 428 s 5;1965 c 585 s 2;1965 c 586 s 1;1967 c 897 s 12-16;1969 c 9 s 80;1969 c 975 s 3-5;1973 c 296 s 1;1973 c 729 s 3,16;1974 c 354 s 1;1975 c 206 s 2-5;1977 c 351 s 5-7;1977 c 408 s 3;1980 c 531 s 4;1980 c 540 s 1,2;1981 c 330 s 1;1982 c 517 s 8;1983 c 216 art 1 s 59;1983 c 276 s 7-10;1984 c 533 s 2,3;1985 c 248 s 70;1986 c 444;1987 c 23 s 3;1987 c 129 s 3;1987 c 141 s 2;1987 c 245 s 1;1988 c 660 s 4;1989 c 280 s 9-14,21;1990 c 567 s 3-6;1992 c 527 s 12-16;1993 c 22 s 8-15;1993 c 277 s 5-7;1994 c 630 art 12 s 1;1995 c 212 art 2 s 10;1997 c 171 s 1;2001 c 186 s 1;2001 c 194 s 2;2005 c 56 s 1;2013 c 14 s 1;2024 c 105 s 10