WHAT
- The Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee will hold a hearing on multiple gun control bills.
- See below for the bill list.
WHEN
- Friday, March 13th, 2026
- Starting at 8:30AM
WHERE
- Minnesota Senate Building
- Room 1200
- The hearing will be streamed
See below for opposition testimony from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus.
SF 513: Establishing the "Office of Gun Violence Prevention"
Chief Author
- Senator Alice Mann (SD 50, DFL)
What it Does
- This bill creates a permanent “Office of Gun Violence Prevention” in the Minnesota Department of Health
- Empowers a new state office to develop and promote gun control policies under the banner of “research” and “public health.”
- Authorizes coordination with national gun control advocacy groups and outside activists to shape Minnesota firearm laws.
- Funds public messaging campaigns and legislative recommendations designed to expand firearm restrictions.
- Requires ongoing taxpayer funding to support a permanent government infrastructure dedicated to advancing gun control.
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill and will be testifying against it.
SF 1580: Violence Prevention Project Research Center Appropriation
Chief Author
- Senator Sandy Pappas (SD 65, DFL)
What it Does
- This bill directly allocated $1,000,000 to the Commissioner of Public Safety to give to a Minnesota-based research center for “gun violence.”
- The only center that meets this criterion is the anti-gun/pro-gun control Violence Project at Hamline University.
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill and will be testifying against it.
SF 2320: Preemption Repeal - Government Buildings + Land
Chief Author
- Senator Sandy Pappas (SD 65, DFL)
What it Does
- This bill modifies Minnesota’s preemption law to allow city, county, and township governments to prohibit the carry of firearms in government-owned or leased buildings and land.
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill and will be testifying against it.
SF 3549: Total Preemption Repeal
Chief Author
- Senator Bonnie Westlin (SD 42, DFL)
What it Does
- This bill completely repeals Minnesota’s firearms preemption statutes:
- MN 471.633
- MN 471.634
- MN 624.714, Subd 23
- MN 624.717
- MN 624.9191, Subd 4
- This would allow any subdivision of government or a municipal corporation to pass their own gun control laws, change the scope of a permit to carry, prohibit carry, and regulate firearms and ammunition in any way they see fit.
- This would create a patchwork of gun control laws across the state that would make it impossible for a peaceable Minnesotan to understand their rights and obligations.
- Repealing preemption would immediately result in:
- Minneapolis’s ordinance banning the possession of most semi-automatic rifles to go into immediate effect.
- Saint Paul’s ordinance banning the possession of semi-automatic rifles, many pistols, and banning carry throughout large swaths of the city to go into effect.
- Edina’s ordinance banning the possession of semi-automatic rifles, magazines holding more than 10 rounds, and changing the scope of carry to go into effect.
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill. We will be testifying against it.
SF 3572: Ending School Carry Permission
Chief Author
- Senator Steve Cwodzinski (SD 49, DFL)
What this Bill Does
- This bill repeals the authority of a principal to permit permit to carry holders to carry a firearm on school property
- It also requires specific storage requirements for a firearm if stored in a vehicle on school property
- Prohibits firearms at any activity or event sponsored by the Minnesota High School League.
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill and will be testifying against it.
SF 3631: Ban on Lawful Carry at the State Capitol Complex
Chief Author
- Senator Bonnie Westlin (SD 42, DFL)
What it Does
- SF 3631 prohibits the lawful carry of firearms at the Minnesota State Capitol Complex.
- Currently, any permit-to-carry holder may carry on the grounds and in buildings at the State Capitol Complex.
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill. We will be testifying against it.
SF 3655: Semi-Automatic Rifle + Magazine Ban
Chief Author
- Senator Zaynab Mohamed (SD 63)
What it Does
- This bill is a total ban on the sale, transfer, and possession of almost all semi-automatic rifles and magazines holding more than 10 rounds in Minnesota.
- There is grandfathering applicable to the current owner only, with no transfers allowed.
- A certificate must be obtained at an unknown cost, law enforcement must inspect your home for “safe storage” whenever they want without a warrant, and the firearm can only be kept at home or at a “licensed firing range”.
- This is similar to the semi-automatic and magazine bans heard in the Minnesota House in February.
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill. We will be testifying against it.
SF 3661: Private Manufacturing of Firearms Ban
Chief Author
- Senator Ron Latz (SD 46, DFL)
What it Does
- This bill makes it a felony to own or build an unserialized “ghost gun” in Minnesota, and forces current owners to serialize, surrender, or destroy them.
- This bill criminalizes the possession, manufacture, and sale of privately manufactured firearms, with some exceptions
- This bill requires that all firearms have serial numbers, with a few exceptions, such as pre-1968 firearms
- This bill requires that you must be an FFL to manufacture a firearm via CNC equipment or 3D printing, and criminalizes the possession of 3D-printed firearm design files
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill. We will be testifying against it.
SF 4200: Binary Trigger Ban
Chief Author
- Senator Heather Gustafson (SD 36, DFL)
What it Does
- This bill retroactively reenacts a complete ban on binary triggers to January 1st, 2025.
- The 2024 Binary Trigger ban was struck down and permanently enjoined in our Caucus v. Walz case.
Read the Bill Text
Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill. We will be testifying against it.
Committee Testimony
We will post videos of committee testimony as they become available.
How to help STOP these bills
Action Center
- Tell your Legislators where you stand on these bills in our Action Center
- Note: We are still adding action items to the Action Center
- Then call and tell them where you stand
Submit Written Testimony
- You can submit written testimony prior to March 11th, 2026 at 5:00PM
- To submit written testimony, follow these instructions exactly:
- Send an email to judiciary@senate.mn
- Attached a 1-page document in PDF format.
- The file name must first list the organization or individual’s name, the SF#, and indicate a position on the file, i.e., pro/con/neutral.
- Please copy contact@gunowners.mn on your submission
Other Bills
The committee will hear several additional bills for which we remain neutral at the present time:
- SF 784: Enforcement of judicially ordered firearms restrictions
- SF 2228: Violent crime enforcement teams appropriation
- SF 2546: High-fidelity wraparound grants establishment; mental health services for incarcerated youth authorization
- SF 3347: Minnesota clearance grant program provision
- SF 3561: Reporting requirement on accidental discharges of firearms by peace officers
- SF 3648: Additional school safety specialists appropriation
- SF 3825: Requirement that loaded firearms be stored in locations where persons prohibited from possessing firearms cannot access the firearms
- SF 3836: Public and extending retention requirements for certain firearm permit data classification
- SF 3837: ERPO public awareness campaign appropriation
- SF 3901: School safety threat assessment pilot project
- SF 3929: Chiefs of Police & Sheriff authorization to open certain expunged records to determine elibility to purchase, receive, or carry a firearm
Get in the Fight!
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Every action matters. Every voice counts. And with you on our side, we’ll stop gun control cold in Minnesota.