Minnesota SF 4574: Morrison County Weyerhaeuser Museum appropriation modifications

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to consumer data privacy; creating the Minnesota Age-Appropriate Design​
1.3 Code Act; placing obligations on certain businesses regarding children's consumer​
1.4 information; providing for enforcement by the attorney general; amending​
1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.6505, by adding a subdivision; proposing​
1.6 coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325M.​
1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.6505, is amended by adding a subdivision​
1.9 to read:​
1.10 Subd. 3.Data protection impact assessments.A data protection impact assessment​
1.11 collected or maintained by the attorney general under section 325M.44 is classified under​
1.12 section 325M.44, subdivision 3.​
1.13 Sec. 2. [325M.40] CITATION; CONSTRUCTION.​
1.14 Subdivision 1.Citation.This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Age-Appropriate​
1.15 Design Code Act."​
1.16 Subd. 2.Construction.(a) A business that develops and provides online products that​
1.17 children are reasonably likely to access must consider the best interests of children when​
1.18 designing, developing, and providing that online product.​
1.19 (b) If a conflict arises between commercial interests of a business and the best interests​
1.20 of children likely to access an online product, service, or feature, the business must prioritize​
1.21 the privacy, safety, and well-being of children over its commercial interests.​
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SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4574​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6812​03/18/2026​
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection​

2.1 (c) In order to help support the design of online products, a business must consider the​
2.2 unique needs and diversities of different age ranges, including the following developmental​
2.3 stages:​
2.4 (1) zero to five years of age or "preliterate and early literacy";​
2.5 (2) six to nine years of age or "core primary school years";​
2.6 (3) ten to 12 years of age or "transition years";​
2.7 (4) 13 to 15 years of age or "early teens"; and​
2.8 (5) 16 to 17 years of age or "approaching adulthood."​
2.9 Sec. 3. [325M.41] DEFINITIONS.​
2.10 (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given.​
2.11 (b) "Affiliate" has the meaning given in section 325M.11.​
2.12 (c) "Aggregate consumer information" means information:​
2.13 (1) that relates to a group or category of consumers;​
2.14 (2) from which individual consumer identities have been removed;​
2.15 (3) that is not linked or reasonably linkable to any consumer or household, including by​
2.16 a device; and​
2.17 (4) that does not include deidentified data.​
2.18 (d) "Best interests of children" means a business's use of the personal data of a child or​
2.19 the design of an online product in a way that does not:​
2.20 (1) benefit the business to the detriment of children; and​
2.21 (2) result in:​
2.22 (i) reasonably foreseeable and material physical or financial harm to children;​
2.23 (ii) reasonably foreseeable and severe psychological or emotional harm to children;​
2.24 (iii) a highly offensive intrusion on children's reasonable expectation of privacy; or​
2.25 (iv) discrimination against children based on race, color, religion, national origin,​
2.26 disability, sex, or sexual orientation.​
2.27 (e) "Business" means:​
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3.1 (1) a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association,​
3.2 or other legal entity that is organized or operated for the profit or financial benefit of its​
3.3 shareholders or other owners; and​
3.4 (2) an affiliate of a business that shares common branding with the business. For purposes​
3.5 of this clause, "common branding" means a shared name, service mark, or trademark that​
3.6 the average consumer would understand that two or more entities commonly own.​
3.7 For purposes of this chapter, for a joint venture or partnership composed of businesses in​
3.8 which each business has at least a 40 percent interest, the joint venture or partnership and​
3.9 each business that composes the joint venture or partnership shall separately be considered​
3.10 a single business, except that personal data in the possession of each business and disclosed​
3.11 to the joint venture or partnership must not be shared with the other business.​
3.12 (f) "Child" means a consumer who is under 18 years of age.​
3.13 (g) "Collect" means buying, renting, gathering, obtaining, receiving, or accessing any​
3.14 personal data pertaining to a consumer by any means. This includes receiving data from the​
3.15 consumer, either actively or passively or by observing the consumer's behavior.​
3.16 (h) "Consumer" has the meaning given in section 325M.11.​
3.17 (i) "Dark pattern" has the meanin