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SF4607 • 2026

Provision that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation

Provision that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dornink, Kupec, Abeler, Howe, Pha
Last action
2026-03-18
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provision that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation

Provision that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation

What This Bill Does

  • Provision that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-18 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Provision that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation

Current Bill Text

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relating to employment; providing that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.09, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.09, is amended by adding a subdivision

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Subd. 9.

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Reporting fraud by employer.

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The commissioner must not consider an

employer's good faith report to the commissioner or law enforcement that a covered

individual has committed fraud in connection with the covered individual's application or

use of paid leave benefits to be an action of retaliation or interference under this section.

An employer's intentionally inaccurate report of fraud must be considered an action of

retaliation or interference.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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