Proposed Minnesota Firearm Legislation HF131
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home eliminated, boundaries of dwelling expanded for purposes of self-defense, presumption created in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force, and rights available to a person in that person's dwelling extended to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle.
Description: Firearms; law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home eliminated, boundaries of dwelling expanded for purposes of self-defense, presumption created in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force, and rights available to a person in that person's dwelling extended to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle.
Session: 92nd Legislature 2021-2022
Last Action: Author added Torkelson
Last Action Date: April 8, 2022
Sponsors
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33 sponsors: Lisa Demuth (R); Matt Bliss (R); Paul Novotny (R); Sondra Erickson (R); Bob Dettmer (R); John Burkel (R); Peggy Bennett (R); Shane Mekeland (R); Matthew Grossell (R); Dale Lueck (R); Glenn Gruenhagen (R); Brian Pfarr (R); Greg Boe (R); Jeremy Munson (R); Barb Haley (R); Steve Green (R); Tama Theis (R); Eric Lucero (R); Mary Franson (R); Donald Raleigh (R); Brian Daniels (R); Jim Nash (R); John Poston (R); Tony Albright (R); Spencer Igo (R); Bjorn Olson (R); Susan Akland (R); Jordan Rasmusson (R); John Heinrich (R); Joe McDonald (R); Cal Bahr (R); Paul H. Anderson (R); Paul Torkelson (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 25% (33 of 134)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 8, 2022 | Author added Torkelson |
| House | Mar 24, 2022 | Author added Anderson |
| House | Mar 10, 2022 | Author added Bahr |
| House | Feb 14, 2022 | Author added McDonald |
| House | Jan 31, 2022 | Authors added Rasmusson and Heinrich |
| House | Mar 8, 2021 | Authors added Olson, B.; and Akland |
| House | Mar 4, 2021 | Author added Igo |
| House | Mar 1, 2021 | Authors added Poston and Albright |
| House | Feb 25, 2021 | Authors added Green, Theis, Lucero, Franson, Raleigh, Daniels, and Nash |
| House | Feb 18, 2021 | Author added Haley |
| House | Feb 15, 2021 | Author added Munson |
| House | Feb 4, 2021 | Author added Boe |
| House | Feb 1, 2021 | Author added Pfarr |
| House | Jan 25, 2021 | Authors added Lueck and Gruenhagen |
| House | Jan 21, 2021 | Author added Grossell |
| House | Jan 19, 2021 | Authors added Novotny, Erickson, Dettmer, Burkel, Bennett, and Mekeland |
| House | Jan 14, 2021 | Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 14, 2021 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
