Minnesota SF 438: Commissioner of education academic standards review cycle suspension

Status: Senate file first reading, referred to Education Policy (as of 2021-03-22)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2021-2022 · Bill: SF 438

Subjects: Education and Education Department, Education-Pre-Kindergarten-12

Sponsors: Chamberlain, Dahms, Daniels, Dettmer, Duckworth, Erickson, Gruenhagen, Haley, Heintzeman, Igo, Lucero, Mueller, Novotny, Olson, B., Poston, Raleigh, Scott

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; amending the Minnesota Personal Protection Act; creating
1.3 lifetime permits to carry handguns; reducing the application fee for permits to
1.4 carry; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.714, subdivisions 2a, 3, 7,
1.5 14.
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.714, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 2a.Training in safe use of a pistol.(a) An applicant must present evidence that
1.9 the applicant received training in the safe use of a pistol within one year of the date of an
1.10 original or renewal application. Training may be demonstrated by:
1.11 (1) employment as a peace officer in the state of Minnesota within the past year; or
1.12 (2) completion of a firearms safety or training course providing basic training in the safe
1.13 use of a pistol and conducted by a certified instructor.
1.14 (b) Basic training must include:
1.15 (1) instruction in the fundamentals of pistol use;
1.16 (2) successful completion of an actual shooting qualification exercise; and
1.17 (3) instruction in the fundamental legal aspects of pistol possession, carry, and use,
1.18 including self-defense and the restrictions on the use of deadly force.
1.19 (c) The certified instructor must issue a certificate to a person who has completed a
1.20 firearms safety or training course described in paragraph (b). The certificate must be signed
1.21 by the instructor and attest that the person attended and completed the course.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 438NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: GREEN)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading13501/21/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety

2.1 (d) A person qualifies as a certified instructor if the person is certified as a firearms
2.2 instructor within the past five years by an organization or government entity that has been
2.3 approved by the Department of Public Safety in accordance with the department's standards.
2.4 (e) A sheriff must accept the training described in this subdivision as meeting the
2.5 requirement in subdivision 2, paragraph (b), for training in the safe use of a pistol. A sheriff
2.6 may also accept other satisfactory evidence of training in the safe use of a pistol.
2.7 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.714, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.8 Subd. 3.Form and contents of application.(a) Applications for permits to carry must
2.9 be an official, standardized application form, adopted under section 624.7151, and must set
2.10 forth in writing only the following information:
2.11 (1) the applicant's name, residence, telephone number, if any, and driver's license number
2.12 or state identification card number;
2.13 (2) the applicant's sex, date of birth, height, weight, and color of eyes and hair, and
2.14 distinguishing physical characteristics, if any;
2.15 (3) the township or statutory city or home rule charter city, and county, of all Minnesota
2.16 residences of the applicant in the last five years, though not including specific addresses;
2.17 (4) the township or city, county, and state of all non-Minnesota residences of the applicant
2.18 in the last five years, though not including specific addresses;
2.19 (5) a statement that the applicant authorizes the release to the sheriff of commitment
2.20 information about the applicant maintained by the commissioner of human services or any
2.21 similar agency or department of another state where the applicant has resided, to the extent
2.22 that the information relates to the applicant's eligibility to possess a firearm; and
2.23 (6) a statement by the applicant that, to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief,
2.24 the applicant is not prohibited by law from possessing a firearm.
2.25 (b) The statement under paragraph (a), clause (5), must comply with any applicable
2.26 requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, sections 2.31 to 2.35, with respect
2.27 to consent to disclosure of alcohol or drug abuse patient records.
2.28 (c) An applicant must submit to the sheriff an application packet consisting only of the
2.29 following items:
2.30 (1) a completed application form, signed and dated by the applicant;
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3.1 (2) an accurate photocopy of the certificate described in subdivision 2a, paragraph (c),
3.2 that is submitted as the applicant's evidence of training in the safe use of a pistol; and
3.3 (3) an accurate photocopy of the applicant's current driver's license, state identification
3.4 card, or the photo page of the applicant's passport.
3.5 (d) In addition to the other application materials, a person who is otherwise ineligible
3.6 for a permit due to a criminal conviction but who has obtained a pardon or expungem

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