76 total bills, 36 anti-gun bills,
15 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Minnesota Firearm Legislation
76 total bills, 36 anti-gun bills,
15 pro-gun bills for this session
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note: Minnesota carries over legislation from odd-numbered years to even numbered years without exception
Title: Right to carry without a permit provided, and optional permit to carry provided.
Description: Right to carry without a permit provided, and optional permit to carry provided.
Last Action: Author stricken Metsa.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2018
Title: Use of force in defense of home and person law clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, duty to retreat in self-defense outside of home eliminated, boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense expanded, presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force created, and right to defend against entry extended.
Description: Use of force in defense of home and person law clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, duty to retreat in self-defense outside of home eliminated, boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense expanded, presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force created, and right to defend against entry extended.
Last Action: Author added Poston.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2017
Title: Right to carry a firearm without a permit provided, and penalties provided.
Description: Right to carry a firearm without a permit provided, and penalties provided.
Last Action: Author stricken Pugh.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2017
Title: Minnesota Personal Protection Act amended, lifetime permits to carry handguns created, and application fee for permits to carry reduced.
Description: Minnesota Personal Protection Act amended, lifetime permits to carry handguns created, and application fee for permits to carry reduced.
Last Action: Authors added Howe and Johnson, B.
Last Action Date: January 26, 2017
Title: Public safety omnibus bill.
Description: Public safety omnibus bill.
Last Action: Secretary of State Chapter 95
Last Action Date: May 30, 2017
Title: Omnibus public safety and security policy and finance bill.
Description: Omnibus public safety and security policy and finance bill.
Last Action: Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
Last Action Date: March 29, 2017
Title: Peace officer ability to carry firearms in private establishments clarified.
Description: Peace officer ability to carry firearms in private establishments clarified.
Last Action: Author added Ward.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2017
Title: Military and veteran eligibility requirements for permits and licenses modified.
Description: Military and veteran eligibility requirements for permits and licenses modified.
Last Action: Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Government Operations and Elections Policy
Last Action Date: March 1, 2017
Title: Ammunition containing lead prohibited during the regular firearms season.
Description: Ammunition containing lead prohibited during the regular firearms season.
Last Action: Author added Clark.
Last Action Date: February 20, 2017
Title: Peace officer professional liability insurance required, motor vehicle registration information for permits to carry a pistol required, peace officers allowed access to identify permit holders through motor vehicle registration records, and outside agencies required to investigate peace officer-involved incidents that result in great bodily harm or death.
Description: Peace officer professional liability insurance required, motor vehicle registration information for permits to carry a pistol required, peace officers allowed access to identify permit holders through motor vehicle registration records, and outside agencies required to investigate peace officer-involved incidents that result in great bodily harm or death.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: February 22, 2017
Title: Law enforcement and family members enabled to petition a court to prohibit people from possessing firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others.
Description: Law enforcement and family members enabled to petition a court to prohibit people from possessing firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others.
Last Action: Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: February 26, 2018
Title: Motor vehicle registration information required for permits to carry a pistol, and peace officers allowed access to identify permit holders through motor vehicle registration records.
Description: Motor vehicle registration information required for permits to carry a pistol, and peace officers allowed access to identify permit holders through motor vehicle registration records.
Last Action: Author added Slocum.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2017
Title: Firearm transfer criminal background check required, and transfers excepted.
Description: Firearm transfer criminal background check required, and transfers excepted.
Last Action: Authors added Hausman, Anselmo, Davnie, and Nelson.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2018
Title: Taylor Hayden Gun Violence Prevention Act established, and money appropriated.
Description: Taylor Hayden Gun Violence Prevention Act established, and money appropriated.
Last Action: Author added Murphy, E.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2017
Title: Firearm instructor certification in the pistol permit law requirements modified.
Description: Firearm instructor certification in the pistol permit law requirements modified.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: March 7, 2017
Title: Slide-fire stock for a semiautomatic firearm clarified as a trigger activator.
Description: Slide-fire stock for a semiautomatic firearm clarified as a trigger activator.
Last Action: Author added Ecklund.
Last Action Date: April 9, 2018
Title: Health department allowed to collect firearm ownership information.
Description: Health department allowed to collect firearm ownership information.
Last Action: Author added Youakim.
Last Action Date: April 16, 2018
Title: Civil commitment laws and procedures modified.
Description: Civil commitment laws and procedures modified.
Last Action: Author added Becker-Finn.
Last Action Date: March 8, 2018
Title: Firearm and ammunition transfer and eligibility to possess firearm provisions modified, certain firearm and firearm accessory possession prohibited or limited, and criminal penalties provided.
Description: Firearm and ammunition transfer and eligibility to possess firearm provisions modified, certain firearm and firearm accessory possession prohibited or limited, and criminal penalties provided.
Last Action: Authors stricken Hornstein, Bernardy, and Applebaum.
Last Action Date: March 5, 2018
Title: Slide-fire stock for a semiautomatic firearm clarified as a trigger activator.
Description: Slide-fire stock for a semiautomatic firearm clarified as a trigger activator.
Last Action: Authors added Lien, Fischer, and Bly.
Last Action Date: March 1, 2018
Title: Slide-fire stock for a semiautomatic firearm clarified as a trigger activator.
Description: Slide-fire stock for a semiautomatic firearm clarified as a trigger activator.
Last Action: Author added Youakim.
Last Action Date: March 5, 2018
Title: Permitted and trained school staff allowed to carry firearms.
Description: Permitted and trained school staff allowed to carry firearms.
Last Action: Authors added Gruenhagen, Poston, and Quam.
Last Action Date: March 5, 2018
Title: Teacher and school staff training in dangerous situations and firearm provision funding provided, and money appropriated.
Description: Teacher and school staff training in dangerous situations and firearm provision funding provided, and money appropriated.
Last Action: Author added Lucero.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2018
Title: Firearm eligibility for juvenile adjudications restored.
Description: Firearm eligibility for juvenile adjudications restored.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: March 5, 2018
Title: Law enforcement and family members enabled to petition a court to prohibit people from possessing firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others by possessing a firearm.
Description: Law enforcement and family members enabled to petition a court to prohibit people from possessing firearms if they pose a significant danger to themselves or others by possessing a firearm.
Last Action: Author added Slocum.
Last Action Date: April 9, 2018
Title: Schedules of controlled substances modified, and DWI law modified by including other types of intoxicating substances and striking references to hazardous substances.
Description: Schedules of controlled substances modified, and DWI law modified by including other types of intoxicating substances and striking references to hazardous substances.
Last Action: Author added Wills.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2018
Title: Minimum age to possess a semiautomatic military-style assault weapon raised, definition of semiautomatic military-style assault weapon expanded, and transfer of a semiautomatic military-style assault weapon to underage persons criminalized.
Description: Minimum age to possess a semiautomatic military-style assault weapon raised, definition of semiautomatic military-style assault weapon expanded, and transfer of a semiautomatic military-style assault weapon to underage persons criminalized.
Last Action: Author added Youakim.
Last Action Date: March 12, 2018
Title: Criminal forfeiture provided, participation in the federal equitable sharing program limited, and administrative forfeiture eliminated.
Description: Criminal forfeiture provided, participation in the federal equitable sharing program limited, and administrative forfeiture eliminated.
Last Action: Author stricken O'Neill.
Last Action Date: April 19, 2018
Title: Miscellaneous technical corrections to laws and statutes made; erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references corrected; and redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions removed.
Description: Miscellaneous technical corrections to laws and statutes made; erroneous, obsolete, and omitted text and references corrected; and redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions removed.
Last Action: HF indefinitely postponed
Last Action Date: May 15, 2018
Title: Gun safe purchases exempted.
Description: Gun safe purchases exempted.
Last Action: Author added Dettmer.
Last Action Date: March 28, 2018
Title: Bureau of Criminal Apprehension required to create and maintain a centralized register of individuals who voluntarily choose to be ineligible to purchase firearms for a self-determined period of time.
Description: Bureau of Criminal Apprehension required to create and maintain a centralized register of individuals who voluntarily choose to be ineligible to purchase firearms for a self-determined period of time.
Last Action: Author added Omar.
Last Action Date: March 21, 2018
Title: Firearm and ammunition transfer and eligibility to possess a firearm provisions modified, possession of certain firearms and firearm accessories limited or prohibited, and criminal penalties provided.
Description: Firearm and ammunition transfer and eligibility to possess a firearm provisions modified, possession of certain firearms and firearm accessories limited or prohibited, and criminal penalties provided.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: March 19, 2018
Title: Transfer of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons prohibited, semiautomatic military-style assault weapon buyback program established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.
Description: Transfer of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons prohibited, semiautomatic military-style assault weapon buyback program established, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: March 19, 2018
Title: Bump stock sale prohibited.
Description: Bump stock sale prohibited.
Last Action: Author added Layman.
Last Action Date: April 9, 2018
Title: Lost or stolen firearm reporting required, and criminal penalties imposed.
Description: Lost or stolen firearm reporting required, and criminal penalties imposed.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: March 22, 2018
Title: Firearm use during youth turkey hunts allowed.
Description: Firearm use during youth turkey hunts allowed.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: March 26, 2018
Title: Lost or stolen firearm reporting required, and criminal penalties imposed.
Description: Lost or stolen firearm reporting required, and criminal penalties imposed.
Last Action: Author added Bly.
Last Action Date: April 12, 2018
Title: Criminal background checks for firearm transfers required, and certain transfers excepted.
Description: Criminal background checks for firearm transfers required, and certain transfers excepted.
Last Action: Author added Bly.
Last Action Date: April 12, 2018
Title: Criminal background checks for pistol transfers required, transfers excepted, law enforcement and family members allowed to petition a court to prohibit people from possessing firearms, transfer of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons and large-capacity magazines prohibited, buyback program established, slide-fire stock clarified as a trigger activator, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.
Description: Criminal background checks for pistol transfers required, transfers excepted, law enforcement and family members allowed to petition a court to prohibit people from possessing firearms, transfer of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons and large-capacity magazines prohibited, buyback program established, slide-fire stock clarified as a trigger activator, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.
Last Action: Author added Ward.
Last Action Date: April 16, 2018
Title: Firearm transfer criminal background checks required, and transfers excepted.
Description: Firearm transfer criminal background checks required, and transfers excepted.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: April 18, 2018
Title: Immunity granted to private parties who require proof of firearms eligibility prior to transferring a firearm.
Description: Immunity granted to private parties who require proof of firearms eligibility prior to transferring a firearm.
Last Action: Author added Whelan.
Last Action Date: May 10, 2018
Title: Hearing required if an ex parte order for protection prohibits the respondent from possessing a firearm, surrender of firearms to a county sheriff required following issuance of an order for protection and domestic violence convictions, and background check and court appearance for third parties accepting surrendered firearms established.
Description: Hearing required if an ex parte order for protection prohibits the respondent from possessing a firearm, surrender of firearms to a county sheriff required following issuance of an order for protection and domestic violence convictions, and background check and court appearance for third parties accepting surrendered firearms established.
Last Action: Author added Whelan.
Last Action Date: May 10, 2018
Title: Native American juvenile crime account created, and grants established to address Native American juvenile crime.
Description: Native American juvenile crime account created, and grants established to address Native American juvenile crime.
Last Action: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance
Last Action Date: May 14, 2018
Title: REAL ID Act authorization and implementation governance; drivers licenses and ID cards requirements and fees modifications; legislative reporting, expedited rulemaking temporary authority, and appropriation
Description: REAL ID Act authorization and implementation governance; drivers licenses and ID cards requirements and fees modifications; legislative reporting, expedited rulemaking temporary authority, and appropriation
Last Action: HF substituted in committee HF3
Last Action Date: March 1, 2017
Title: Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2017
Description: Defense of Dwelling and Person Act of 2017
Last Action: Author added Mathews
Last Action Date: January 30, 2017
Title: Firearm carry without permit authorization
Description: Firearm carry without permit authorization
Last Action: Author added Lang
Last Action Date: February 13, 2017
Title: Firearm carry without permit authorization; optional permit to carry firearm establishment
Description: Firearm carry without permit authorization; optional permit to carry firearm establishment
Last Action: Author added Lang
Last Action Date: February 13, 2017
Title: Law enforcement officers permission to carry firearms into private establishments authorization
Description: Law enforcement officers permission to carry firearms into private establishments authorization
Last Action: Second reading
Last Action Date: March 15, 2017
Title: Firearm transfers criminal background checks requirement
Description: Firearm transfers criminal background checks requirement
Last Action: Author added Cwodzinski
Last Action Date: February 22, 2018
Title: Gun violence protective orders authorization
Description: Gun violence protective orders authorization
Last Action: Author added Clausen
Last Action Date: February 22, 2018
Title: Taylor Hayden Gun Violence Protection Act
Description: Taylor Hayden Gun Violence Protection Act
Last Action: Referred to Human Services Reform Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: February 22, 2017
Title: Firearm instructors certification in pistol permit law modification
Description: Firearm instructors certification in pistol permit law modification
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 15, 2017
Title: DWI and DWI-related cases search warrant to obtain blood or urine samples requirement; license revocation provisions; license revocation hearings guidelines establishment
Description: DWI and DWI-related cases search warrant to obtain blood or urine samples requirement; license revocation provisions; license revocation hearings guidelines establishment
Last Action: Second reading
Last Action Date: May 18, 2017
Title: Semiautomatic firearm slide-fire stock defined as trigger activator
Description: Semiautomatic firearm slide-fire stock defined as trigger activator
Last Action: Authors added Laine; Cwodzinski
Last Action Date: March 5, 2018
Title: Firearm ownership information collection by the department of health authorization
Description: Firearm ownership information collection by the department of health authorization
Last Action: Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: February 26, 2018
Title: Centralized register of individuals voluntarily choosing to be ineligible to purchase firearms for a self-determined period of time creation by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) requirement
Description: Centralized register of individuals voluntarily choosing to be ineligible to purchase firearms for a self-determined period of time creation by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) requirement
Last Action: Author added Marty
Last Action Date: March 8, 2018
Title: Gun violence protective orders law enforcement and family members court petitioning authority authorization
Description: Gun violence protective orders law enforcement and family members court petitioning authority authorization
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 1, 2018
Title: Criminal background checks for firearm transfers requirement
Description: Criminal background checks for firearm transfers requirement
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 1, 2018
Title: Retired law enforcement officers authorization to carry firearms in schools
Description: Retired law enforcement officers authorization to carry firearms in schools
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 1, 2018
Title: Firearm transfers criminal background checks requirement
Description: Firearm transfers criminal background checks requirement
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 1, 2018
Title: Gun violence protective orders issuance and enforcement; emergency issuance of gun violence protective order; firearms transfer and return; offenses, violation, and liability protection
Description: Gun violence protective orders issuance and enforcement; emergency issuance of gun violence protective order; firearms transfer and return; offenses, violation, and liability protection
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 1, 2018
Title: Semiautomatic military-style assault weapon minimum age to possess raised; semiautomatic military-style assault weapon definition expansion; semiautomatic military-style assault weapon transfer to underage persons crime
Description: Semiautomatic military-style assault weapon minimum age to possess raised; semiautomatic military-style assault weapon definition expansion; semiautomatic military-style assault weapon transfer to underage persons crime
Last Action: Author added Marty
Last Action Date: May 1, 2018
Title: Firearm transfers criminal background checks requirement
Description: Firearm transfers criminal background checks requirement
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 5, 2018
Title: Civil commitment laws and procedures modifications
Description: Civil commitment laws and procedures modifications
Last Action: Referred to Health and Human Services Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 8, 2018
Title: School teachers and employees permit to carry firearms in schools; active shooter firearm training
Description: School teachers and employees permit to carry firearms in schools; active shooter firearm training
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 8, 2018
Title: Slide-fire stock for a semiautomatic firearm is a trigger activator clarification
Description: Slide-fire stock for a semiautomatic firearm is a trigger activator clarification
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 8, 2018
Title: Firearms and ammunition lawful possession, purchase and transfer regulation; crime of violence definition modification; mandatory minimum sentences; firearms rights restoration; firearm background checks provisions modification
Description: Firearms and ammunition lawful possession, purchase and transfer regulation; crime of violence definition modification; mandatory minimum sentences; firearms rights restoration; firearm background checks provisions modification
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 8, 2018
Title: Stolen or lost firearms reporting requirement and penalty imposition
Description: Stolen or lost firearms reporting requirement and penalty imposition
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 14, 2018
Title: Criminal background checks for firearm transfers requirement
Description: Criminal background checks for firearm transfers requirement
Last Action: Author stricken Jensen
Last Action Date: May 1, 2018
Title: Large-capacity magazines manufacturing, transferring or possession crime establishment
Description: Large-capacity magazines manufacturing, transferring or possession crime establishment
Last Action: Author stricken Isaacson
Last Action Date: March 19, 2018
Title: Sales tax exemption for gun safe purchases
Description: Sales tax exemption for gun safe purchases
Last Action: Referred to Taxes
Last Action Date: March 15, 2018
Title: Criminal forfeiture procedures establishment; administrative forfeiture elimination; federal equitable sharing program participation elimination
Description: Criminal forfeiture procedures establishment; administrative forfeiture elimination; federal equitable sharing program participation elimination
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 15, 2018
Title: Firearm transfer without a safety device prohibition; firearm safety devices rules and standards adoption requirement; criminal penalty imposition and appropriation
Description: Firearm transfer without a safety device prohibition; firearm safety devices rules and standards adoption requirement; criminal penalty imposition and appropriation
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 15, 2018
Title: Assault weapons manufacturing, transferring or possessing crime establishment; disposal or registration of existing assault weapons authorization
Description: Assault weapons manufacturing, transferring or possessing crime establishment; disposal or registration of existing assault weapons authorization
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 19, 2018
Title: Semiautomatic military-style assault weapon definition modification, transfer prohibition, and voluntary buyback program and appropriation
Description: Semiautomatic military-style assault weapon definition modification, transfer prohibition, and voluntary buyback program and appropriation
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: March 21, 2018
Title: Firearms safety training course completion reimbursements authorization; firearm transferee permit validity extension; permissive background checks and transfers between unlicensed persons; public awareness campaign requirement; appropriation
Description: Firearms safety training course completion reimbursements authorization; firearm transferee permit validity extension; permissive background checks and transfers between unlicensed persons; public awareness campaign requirement; appropriation
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: April 23, 2018
