Proposed Minnesota Firearm Legislation HF356
Legislation Overview
Title: Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat outside the home eliminated, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights available to a person in that person's dwelling extended to others defending against forced entry.
Description: Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat outside the home eliminated, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights available to a person in that person's dwelling extended to others defending against forced entry.
Session: 93rd Legislature 2023-2024
Last Action: Author added Lawrence
Last Action Date: April 24, 2024
Sponsors
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34 sponsors: Lisa Demuth (R); Paul Novotny (R); Mark Wiens (R); Debra Kiel (R); Marj Fogelman (R); Elliott Engen (R); Jeff Witte (R); Isaac Schultz (R); Jim Joy (R); Nolan West (R); Shane Hudella (R); Paul H. Anderson (R); Krista Knudsen (R); Ben Bakeberg (R); Jon Koznick (R); Mary Franson (R); Brian Pfarr (R); Bernie Perryman (R); Roger Skraba (R); Walter Hudson (R); Patti Anderson (R); Paul Torkelson (R); Tom Murphy (R); Brian Daniels (R); Natalie Zeleznikar (R); Kristin Robbins (R); Bobbie Harder (R); Jeff Dotseth (R); Dawn Gillman (R); Shane Mekeland (R); John Burkel (R); Spencer Igo (R); Jeff Backer (R); Bryan Lawrence (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 25% (34 of 134)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 24, 2024 | Author added Lawrence |
| House | Apr 4, 2024 | Author added Backer |
| House | Mar 27, 2023 | Author added Igo |
| House | Mar 23, 2023 | Author added Burkel |
| House | Feb 16, 2023 | Author added Mekeland |
| House | Feb 15, 2023 | Author added Gillman |
| House | Feb 8, 2023 | Authors added Harder and Dotseth |
| House | Feb 1, 2023 | Author added Robbins |
| House | Jan 30, 2023 | Author added Zeleznikar |
| House | Jan 25, 2023 | Author added Daniels |
| House | Jan 23, 2023 | Author added Murphy |
| House | Jan 19, 2023 | Author added Torkelson |
| House | Jan 18, 2023 | Author added Anderson, P. E. |
| House | Jan 17, 2023 | Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 13, 2023 | 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
