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Minnesota AI laws: what's in force, and what's coming

Minnesota has no comprehensive AI statute but has criminal election and sexual deepfake laws (2023), a 2026 ban on AI nudification tools, and a 2026 rule barring health insurers from denying care by automated processing alone. The nudification ban took effect Aug 1, 2026 but a federal appeals court paused its enforcement in early October 2026 while xAI's First Amendment challenge proceeds.

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Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / State law

Minnesota's AI laws

Law	Citation	Status	Effective	What it covers
Deep fakes to influence elections	Minn. Stat. § 609.771 (2023 c 58 s 2; amended 2024 c 112)	In force		Crime to knowingly disseminate a deepfake without consent to injure a candidate or influence an election within set pre-election windows; convicted candidates forfeit office.
Nonconsensual sexual deepfakes	Minn. Stat. § 617.262 (2023 c 58 s 3); civil action at § 604.32	In force		Crime to disseminate a realistic deepfake showing an identifiable person's intimate parts or sexual acts without consent; gross misdemeanor, up to 3 years if aggravated.
Nudification technology ban	HF 1606, 2026 Minn. Laws ch. 72	In force	1 Aug 2026	Bars websites, apps and services from letting users create nonconsensual fake intimate images of identifiable people and from advertising such tools; AG civil penalties up to $500,000 per violation.
No automated-only adverse determinations in utilization review	HF 4188, 2026 Minn. Laws ch. 124 (Minn. Stat. § 62M.09, subd. 3(f))	Enacted, effective later	1 Jan 2027	Bars utilization review organizations from using automated processing alone, without clinician review, to make adverse (denial) determinations on health plans.

02 / Lawyers

State bar guidance on AI

September 2024

Ethics guidance for generative AI use (Director of Lawyers Professional Responsibility column; points to ABA Formal Opinion 512)

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