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 the 
  1.12  employer represented by that person whether the person seeking 
  1.13  employment is a member of the National Guard or a reserve 
  1.14  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.