1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; prohibiting employers from 
  1.3             asking applicants about National Guard or reserve 
  1.4             status; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes, chapter 181. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [181.535] [ARMED FORCES RESERVES OR NATIONAL 
  1.8   GUARD STATUS.] 
  1.9      No person, whether acting directly or through an agent or 
  1.10  as the agent or employee of another, may: 
  1.11     (1) ask a person seeking employment with that person, or 
  1.12  with the employer represented by that person, whether the person 
  1.13  seeking employment is a member of the National Guard or a 
  1.14  reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; or 
  1.15     (2) require the person seeking employment to make any oral 
  1.16  or written statement concerning National Guard or reserve status 
  1.17  as a condition precedent to employment. 
  1.18     Sec. 2.  [ANNOUNCEMENT.] 
  1.19     The adjutant general and the commissioner of veterans 
  1.20  affairs shall use reasonable means to publicize the policy in 
  1.21  section 1.