The House passes lost and stolen reporting
Three gun control bills were set for a House floor vote. HF 601, mandatory lost and stolen reporting, passed 68-63 with no Republican votes. HF 2609, the trigger ban, and HF 4300, “safe” storage, were tabled at the last minute.
At a glance
The floor session
- What: A Minnesota House floor session on three gun control bills: HF 601, HF 2609, and HF 4300
- When: April 29, 2024, set to start at 3:30 PM
- Where: Minnesota House floor
- Outcome: HF 601 passed 68-63. HF 2609 and HF 4300 were tabled at the last minute.
- Our position: We opposed all three bills
HF 601
Mandatory lost and stolen reporting
What it does
- A “duty to report” the theft or loss of a firearm to law enforcement as soon as “practicable,” and no later than 48 hours after you knew or “should have reasonably known” of the loss or theft.
- Violations:
- A 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 would have given immunity from prosecution under Minnesota’s storage laws.
What happened
- The bill passed 68-63.
- No Republicans voted for the bill.
- One DFLer voted against the bill: Rep. Dave Lislegard (DFL, HD 07B).
- Chief author: Rep. Kaohly Vang Her (DFL, HD 64A)
- Our position: We opposed this bill.
- Bill text: HF 601 at the Legislature
Our testimony
- Our 2023 press release on the House Public Safety hearings
- Our written testimony on HF 601 from 2023
- Our written testimony on HF 601 to House Public Safety, 2024
- Our written testimony on HF 601 to House Ways and Means, April 2024
- No spoken testimony was allowed on HF 601 at the 2024 House Public Safety hearing because it had been heard in 2023.
How the House voted on final passage
HF 2609
Trigger ban and straw purchase penalty
What it does
- Intended to ban “binary triggers,” but as written at this point it might also have banned commonly used triggers like those on Glock handguns.
- Increased the penalties for transferring firearms to prohibited persons.
- Required a report from the BCA on gun trafficking investigations.
Bill status
- Heard in House Public Safety in early April 2024 and passed on a party-line voice vote.
- Received a rules waiver from the Rules Committee on April 11, 2024, because it was past the committee deadline.
What happened
- Tabled at the last minute. It came back to the House floor on May 2, 2024.
- Chief author: Rep. Kaela Berg (DFL, HD 55B)
- Our position: We opposed this bill.
- Bill text: HF 2609 at the Legislature
HF 4300
Mandatory “safe” storage
What it does
- This revised “safe storage” bill was different from the bill heard in 2023. It would have required firearms outside your direct physical control to be secured with a locking device or in a “locked firearm storage unit.”
- Unlike the 2023 bill, it did not require firearms to be stored unloaded and separate from their ammunition.
- Violations ranged from a gross misdemeanor to a felony, and could make you a prohibited person who may not possess firearms or ammunition.
Bill status
- Passed House Public Safety on February 29 and House Ways and Means on April 24, 2024.
What happened
- Tabled at the last minute. It came back to the House floor on May 2, 2024.
- Chief author: Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL, HD 40B)
- Our position: We opposed this bill.
- Bill text: HF 4300 at the Legislature
Our testimony
- SVP Rob Doar testified against HF 4300 at the February 29, 2024 House Public Safety hearing (the video is no longer online).
- Our written testimony opposing HF 4300 to House Public Safety, February 29, 2024
- Our written testimony opposing HF 4300 to House Ways and Means, April 24, 2024
Our 2023 testimony
- HF 4300 was a different bill, but these cover our opposition to the 2023 storage bill, HF 396.
- Our 2023 press release on the House Public Safety hearings
- Our written testimony on the 2023 bill
- Chair Bryan Strawser testified against HF 396 in 2023 (the video is no longer online).
What happened next
After this day
- On May 2, 2024, the House passed HF 2609 71-59 and HF 4300 68-64.
- HF 601 and HF 4300 never moved in the Senate. Both were dead as of May 9, 2024.
- The binary trigger ban was folded into HF 5247, the omnibus tax bill, in the last 90 minutes of session and signed by Governor Walz. Our lawsuit, Caucus v. Walz, struck it down under the single-subject rule in August 2025; the Court of Appeals affirmed on May 26, 2026, and the State did not seek review. The decision is final: binary triggers are legal in Minnesota.
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