1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human rights; providing unredacted information to the parties in a closed 
1.3 	case under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.4 	363A.35, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 363A.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Access to closed files. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, 
1.8 	human rights investigative data contained in a closed case file are private data on individuals 
1.9 	or nonpublic data. The name and address of the charging party and respondent, factual basis 
1.10 	of the allegations, the statute under which the action is brought, the part of the summary of 
1.11 	the investigation that does not contain identifying data on a person other than the complainant 
1.12 	or respondent, and the commissioner's memorandum determining whether probable cause 
1.13 	has been shown are public data.
1.14 	(b) The commissioner may make human rights investigative data contained in a closed 
1.15 	case file inaccessible to the charging party or the respondent in order to protect medical or 
1.16 	other security interests of the parties or third persons.
1.17 	(c) Except for paragraph (b), when the charging party files a case in district court, the 
1.18 	commissioner may provide private data or nonpublic data in a closed case file to the charging 
1.19 	party and respondent.