Proposed Minnesota Firearm Legislation SF727
Legislation Overview
Title: Use of force in defense of home and person law clarification; Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws extension and codification; common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home elimination; boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense expansion; person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force presumption creation; extending the rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle
Description: Use of force in defense of home and person law clarification; Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws extension and codification; common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home elimination; boundaries of dwelling for purposes of self-defense expansion; person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force presumption creation; extending the rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle
Session: 92nd Legislature 2021-2022
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Andrew Lang (R); Justin Eichorn (R); William Ingebrigtsen (R); Mary Kiffmeyer (R); Paul Gazelka (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 7% (5 of 67)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2021 | Introduction and first reading |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2021 | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 5, 2021 | 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
