# State of Minnesota Executive Branch Affirmative Action Biennial Report (FY2023-2024) *Biennial report on affirmative action in the Minnesota executive branch, covering fiscal years 2023 and 2024.* The *State of Minnesota Executive Branch Affirmative Action Biennial Report (FY2023-2024)* is, by its title, the [[Minnesota]] executive branch's biennial report on [[Affirmative action]] for fiscal years 2023 and 2024. The sources assembled for this entry do not include the report's text, its issuing agency, its date of issuance, its statutory authority, or any figure it reports, so none of these is stated here. The State's affirmative-action requirements for agency hiring under [[Minn. Stat. § 43A.191]] are the documentary predicate of a federal suit filed against the State in January 2026.[^1] On January 14, 2026, the [[United States Department of Justice]] sued the State under [[Title VII]] of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]. The complaint cites § 43A.191 eight times.[^1] The Department's press release, No. 26-21, is titled *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's "Affirmative Action" Regime*.[^2] The project's catalogue of U.S.-government "regime" usages finds Minnesota the only U.S. state so described.[^3] ## Federal litigation The complaint in [[United States v. State of Minnesota (0:26-cv-00273)]], No. 0:26-cv-00273 (D. Minn.), was filed on January 14, 2026, under Title VII.[^1] The complaint cites Minn. Stat. § 43A.191 eight times. Among the provisions it cites is subdivision 3(c), which requires an agency to explain the reason for hiring a non-affirmative candidate.[^1] The Department of Justice announced the filing the same day in Office of Public Affairs release No. 26-21. The release states that Attorney General Pamela Bondi certified the case as a matter of general public importance.[^2] The sources assembled here document the complaint and its announcement. They do not record the State's answer, any ruling, or the case's current status.[^1] The sources also do not identify who enacted or amended § 43A.191, by party or date. They do not identify which administrations maintained the statute or how it relates to the biennial report's preparation.[^1] ## Use of "regime" The release's title applies the word "regime" to the State's affirmative-action apparatus.[^2] In other federal usage, the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-338) states a United States policy of supporting efforts to remove "the regime headed by Saddam Hussein."[^3] The project's catalogue of U.S.-government "regime" usages, published in [[How Minnesota Got Here]] (note 40), finds Minnesota the only U.S. state so described. That finding is the project's own and is not independently established here.[^3] ## Legal context In [[Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services]], 605 U.S. 303 (2025), the Supreme Court held that Title VII's disparate-treatment provision "draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs." The Court also rejected the Sixth Circuit's heightened "background circumstances" rule for majority-group plaintiffs.[^4] The sources assembled here do not show whether the complaint in No. 0:26-cv-00273 relies on *Ames*.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, *Complaint, United States v. State of Minnesota*, No. 0:26-cv-00273 (filed Jan. 14, 2026) — Title VII action; cites Minn. Stat. § 43A.191 eight times, including subd. 3(c). https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1423361/dl [^2]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's "Affirmative Action" Regime*, release No. 26-21 (Jan. 14, 2026) — announcement of the suit; Attorney General's certification of general public importance. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-department-justice-files-lawsuit-against-minnesotas-affirmative-action-regime [^3]: United States Congress, *Iraq Liberation Act of 1998*, Pub. L. 105-338 (1998) — statutory policy toward "the regime headed by Saddam Hussein"; pinned with the project's catalogue finding (How Minnesota Got Here, note 40). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-105publ338/pdf/PLAW-105publ338.pdf [^4]: Supreme Court of the United States, *Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services*, 605 U.S. 303 (2025) — Title VII disparate-treatment holding; rejection of the "background circumstances" rule. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1039_c0n2.pdf