Proposed Minnesota Firearm Legislation HF201
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; use of force in defense of home and person law clarified, laws codified and extended, duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home common law eliminated, boundaries of dwelling expanded, 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; use of force in defense of home and person law clarified, laws codified and extended, duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home common law eliminated, boundaries of dwelling expanded, 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: 91st Legislature 2019-2020
Last Action: Author added Gruenhagen
Last Action Date: February 17, 2020
Sponsors
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30 sponsors: Matthew Grossell (R); Jim Nash (R); Jason Rarick (R); Shane Mekeland (R); Pat Garofalo (R); Dave Baker (R); Steve Green (R); Eric Lucero (R); Joshua Heintzeman (R); Dan Fabian (R); Bob Gunther (R); Steve Drazkowski (R); Jeremy Munson (R); Tim Miller (R); Cal Bahr (R); John Heinrich (R); Dale Lueck (R); John Poston (R); Peggy Bennett (R); Marion O'Neill (R); Mary Franson (R); Bob Dettmer (R); Tony Albright (R); Brian Daniels (R); Joe Schomacker (R); Sheldon Johnson (D); Tama Theis (R); Jeff Backer (R); Sondra Erickson (R); Glenn Gruenhagen (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 22% (30 of 134)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 17, 2020 | Author added Gruenhagen |
| House | Feb 21, 2019 | Author changed Grossell as chief author |
| House | Jan 28, 2019 | Author added Erickson |
| House | Jan 24, 2019 | Authors added Albright, Daniels, Schomacker, Johnson, Theis, and Backer |
| House | Jan 22, 2019 | Authors added Poston, Bennett, O'Neill, Grossell, Franson, and Dettmer |
| House | Jan 17, 2019 | Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Division |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 17, 2019 | 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
