In one paragraph
Minnesota's SF 4233 would have prohibited using an automated decision system to set individualized prices for consumers or wages for workers based on surveillance data about them, with listed exceptions, and required anyone using such a system for prices or wages to publish procedures to check and correct the data. The text names no enforcer or penalty. Introduced March 9, 2026 and never left committee.
Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.
What it means for business
None: the bill died, so it creates no obligations for sellers or employers in Minnesota.
Key provisions
- Would have added Minn. Stat. 325D.141; automated decision system means a computational system or process, including machine learning, statistics or AI techniques, whose result assists or replaces human decisions; surveillance data covers personal characteristics, behaviors and biometrics; companion HF 3794 (also died in committee)
- Surveillance-based price discrimination prohibited, except cost-justified price differences, publicly available group discounts offered on equal terms (e.g. military, veterans, teachers, students, seniors), insurers using only risk-relevant data, and credit decisions based on Fair Credit Reporting Act consumer reports
- Surveillance-based wage discrimination prohibited unless wages rest solely on task-related data about the worker or the worker's cost of providing labor, and the data and its use are disclosed in plain language before hiring; declining to hire a new person is not covered
- Anyone using an automated system to inform prices or wages must publish procedures to ensure data accuracy, let people correct or challenge data, and let them request what data is considered
- The text names no enforcer, penalties or private right of action; it would have taken effect August 1, 2026
- Introduced March 9, 2026 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection; no further action before the Legislature adjourned
Latest legislative action
Mar 17, 2026. Author added Boldon; no further action before the 2025-2026 Legislature adjourned
Sponsors (showing 5 of 18)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Dahms | Primary |
| Lang | Primary |
| Maye Quade | Primary |
| Xiong | Primary |
| Berg | Cosponsor |
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