The 2024 legislative session began on Monday, February 12th. The DFL remains in a trifecta with a large majority in the house, a one-seat majority in the Minnesota Senate, and the Governor’s mansion.
Last year they passed universal background checks and red flag gun confiscation orders. This year we expect they’ll be back pushing for “safe” storage, lost & stolen reporting, magazine bans, a ban on semi-automatic firearms, restrictions on carry permits, and more.
In fact, some of these have already been introduced and some have already moved through their first committee.
This page will keep you up to date on everything that is happening.
Last updated: April 24th, 2024
Bills from 2023 that had hearings and still may move in 2024
Minnesota House
- HF 396: “Safe” Storage
- This bill was heard and passed in House Public Safety Committee on 2/3/2023.
- This bill is currently pending before the House Ways & Means Committee.
- We expect this bill will be a significant focus in 2024.
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- NOTE: This bill is likely dead. It is now moving as HF 4300, a new version.
- HF 601: Mandatory Lost & Stolen Reporting
- This bill was heard and passed in House Public Safety Committee on 2/3/2023.
- We expect this bill will be a significant focus in 2024.
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- NOTE: This bill has started to move in 2024. See below for details.
Minnesota Senate
- No other gun control bills were heard in 2023 beyond red flags and universal background checks.
What's moving in the 2024 Session?
Minnesota House
- HF 601: Mandatory Lost & Stolen Reporting
- What it does
- This bill creates a “duty to report” the theft or loss of a firearm to law enforcement as soon as “practicable” but not later than 48 hours of when you knew or “should have reasonably known” of the loss or theft.
- Violations
- First violation is a fine (petty misdemeanor)
- A second violation is a misdemeanor.
- A third or subsequent violation is a gross misdemeanor.
- Reporting a firearm lost or stolen creates an immunity from criminal prosecution for safe storage laws in Minnesota (i.e. you cannot be prosecuted for those)
- Read the Bill Text
- Current Bill Status
- This bill was heard in the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on Thursday, February 29th and passed on a voice vote.
- This bill was heard in House Ways and Means on April 24th, 2024 and passed on a party-line vote.
- This bill can now head to the House floor for final amendments, discussion, and passage.
- Where does the MN Gun Owner Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- Written & Committee Testimony
- Read our 2023 Press Release on the House Public Safety Hearings
- Read our Written Testimony on HF601 from last year
- Read our Written Testimony on HF601 from 2024 from House Public Safety.
- Read our Written Testimony on HF601 from the April 24th, 2024 House Ways and Means Committee Hearing.
- No testimony was allowed on HF601 in 2024 as it had been heard in 2023.
- What it does
- HF 2609: Ban on Binary Triggers – Straw Purchase Penalty Increase
- What it does
- This bill is intended to ban “binary triggers”, but in doing so it may also ban commonly used triggers like those on Glock handguns.
- Increases the penalties for transferring firearms to prohibited persons
- Requires a report from the BCA on gun trafficking investigations
- Read the Bill Text
- Current Bill Status
- This bill was heard in House Public Safety in early April 2024.
- This bill received a rules waiver for being past the deadline for committee hearings from the Rules Committee on April 11th, 2024.
- Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- What it does
- HF 2828 – Ban on Carry in Government Buildings and Land
- What it does
- This bill allows local government (cities, counties, townships, and others) to restrict the carry of firearms in government-owned or leased buildings or land.
- This would allow local government entities to ban firearms in libraries, parks, recreation centers, government offices, and any other land or buildings that they own or lease.
- It would create a patchwork of laws across the state that would be impossible to follow.
- Read the Bill Text
- Current Bill Status
- This bill was heard in House Public Safety on March 12th, 2024. It was laid over for future consideration. No votes have been taken yet.
- Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- Written & Committee Testimony
- What it does
- HF 3672 – State Firearms Preemption Repeal
- What it does
- This bill removes all statewide firearms preemption laws in Minnesota.
- This bill would allow local units of government to make up their own permit laws and requirements, ban firearms & magazines, restrict carry however they choose to, and more.
- Cities could pass whatever gun control they want, change where you can carry, decide how you store firearms in your homes, and BAN AR-15s and other commonly owned firearms.
- It would create a patchwork of laws across the state that would be impossible to follow.
- Read the Bill Text
- Current BIll Status
- This bill was heard in House Public Safety on March 12th, 2024. It was laid over for future consideration. No votes have been taken yet.
- Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- Written & Committee Testimony
- What it does
- HF 4300: “Safe” Storage
- What it does
- This revised “safe storage” bill is different than the bill heard in 2023. This will creates a requirement to store firearms when they are outside of one’s direct physical control by securing them with a locking device or in a “locked firearm storage unit”.
- Unlike the 2023 bill, this bill does not require firearms to be stored unloaded and separate from their ammunition.
- Violations range from a gross misdemeanor to a felony – and can result in one becoming a prohibited person who is not allowed to possess firearms or ammunition.
- Read the Bill Text
- Current Bill Status
- This bill was heard in the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on Thursday, February 29th and passed on a voice vote.
- This bill was heard in House Ways and Means on April 24th, 2024 and passed on a party-line vote.
- This bill can now head to the House floor for final amendments, discussion, and passage.
- Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- Written & Committee Testimony
- What it does
- Other Bills
- All bills from 2023 and those introduced so far this session are still alive.
- We generally get around 72 hours’ notice of a hearing’s agenda – things can move very quickly.
Minnesota Senate
- SF 4312 – “Safe” Storage
- What it does
- This revised “safe storage” bill is different than the bill heard in 2023. This will creates a requirement to store firearms when they are outside of one’s direct physical control by securing them with a locking device or in a “locked firearm storage unit”.
- Unlike the 2023 bill, this bill does not require firearms to be stored unloaded and separate from their ammunition.
- Violations range from a misdemeanor to a felony – and can result in one becoming a prohibited person who is not allowed to possess firearms or ammunition.
- Read the Bill Text
- Current Bill Status
- This bill was heard in the MN Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on March 22nd, 2024 and passed on a voice vote.
- This bill was heard in MN Senate Finance on April 18th, 2024 and passed on a voice vote.
- This bill will next be heard on the MN Senate Floor unless it is combined into an omnibus bill of some type.
- Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- What it does
- SF 5153 – Ban on Binary Triggers
- What it does
- Bans binary triggers from possession or sale in Minnesota using broad language that may also ban other trigger devices
- Increases the penalties for transferring firearms to prohibited persons
- Requires a report from the BCA on gun trafficking investigations
- Read the Bill Text
- Current Bill Status
- This will was heard in the MN Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee on March 22nd, 2024 and passed on a voice vote.
- This bill was heard in MN Senate Finance on April 18th, 2024 and passed on a voice vote.
- This bill will next be heard on the MN Senate Floor unless it is combined into an omnibus bill of some type.
- Where does the MN Gun Owners Caucus stand on this bill?
- We OPPOSE this bill.
- What it does
- Other Bills
- All bills from 2023 and those introduced so far this session are still alive.
- We generally get around 72 hours’ notice of a hearing’s agenda – things can move very quickly.
MN Gun Owners Caucus Bill Tracker & Action Center
Bill Tracker
- For a complete list of bills we are monitoring, visit the MN Gun Owners Caucus Bill Tracker.
Action Center
- To contact your legislators and let them know where you stand on a bill, visit the MN Gun Owners Caucus Action Center.
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