Minnesota SF 511: Explore Minnesota tourism appropriation

Status: Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance (as of 2021-02-11)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2021-2022 · Bill: SF 511

Subjects: Recreation, Tourism, and Amusement

Sponsors: Ruud, Bakk, Eichorn, Tomassoni

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; requiring that persons purchasing a firearm be trained in
1.3 firearm safety; requiring the retention of records relating to firearm sales; providing
1.4 criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
1.5 624.
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [624.7135] SALE OF FIREARM; TRAINING IN SAFE USE REQUIRED;
1.8 RECORD KEEPING; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
1.9 Subdivision 1.Definitions.As used in this section:
1.10 (1) "firearms dealer" has the meaning given in section 624.7134;
1.11 (2) "sale" or "sell" includes any permanent transfer of ownership of a firearm, regardless
1.12 of whether any consideration was given;
1.13 (3) "state or federally issued identification" has the meaning given in section 624.7134;
1.14 and
1.15 (4) "unlicensed person" has the meaning given in section 624.7134.
1.16 Subd. 2.Sale of firearm; training required.A person may not sell a firearm unless
1.17 the person purchasing or otherwise taking ownership of the firearm presents evidence of
1.18 training in the safe use of a firearm as provided in subdivision 3.
1.19 Subd. 3.Training in safe use of a firearm.(a) A person purchasing or otherwise taking
1.20 ownership of a firearm must present evidence to the seller that the person has received
1.21 training in the safe use of a firearm within one year of the date of the sale. Training may be
1.22 demonstrated by:
1Section 1.
25-01650 as introduced01/09/25 REVISOR KLL/RC
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 511NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MANN, Gustafson, Carlson and Dibble)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading15301/23/2025
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
Author added Carlson23401/30/2025
Author added Dibble57802/27/2025

2.1 (1) employment as a peace officer in the state of Minnesota within the past year; or
2.2 (2) completion of a firearms safety or training course providing basic training in the safe
2.3 use of a firearm and conducted by a certified instructor.
2.4 (b) Basic training must include:
2.5 (1) instruction in the fundamentals of firearm use, including firearm mechanics and
2.6 operation, safe handling and storage, and injury and suicide prevention;
2.7 (2) successful completion of an actual shooting qualification exercise; and
2.8 (3) instruction in the fundamental legal aspects of firearm possession, carry, and use,
2.9 including self-defense and the restrictions on the use of deadly force.
2.10 (c) The certified instructor must issue a certificate to a person who has completed a
2.11 firearms safety or training course described in paragraph (b). The certificate must be signed
2.12 and dated by the instructor and attest that the person attended and completed the course.
2.13 (d) A person qualifies as a certified instructor if the person is certified as a firearms
2.14 instructor within the past five years by an organization or government entity that has been
2.15 approved by the Department of Public Safety in accordance with the department's standards.
2.16 Subd. 4.Scope.Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 8, this section applies to
2.17 all sales of firearms regardless of whether the parties involved are firearms dealers or
2.18 unlicensed persons.
2.19 Subd. 5.Record of safety training; required information.(a) All parties to a sale of
2.20 a firearm must complete a record of safety training on a form designed and made publicly
2.21 available without fee for this purpose by the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal
2.22 Apprehension. Each page of the record must be signed and dated by the parties and contain
2.23 the serial number of the firearm.
2.24 (b) The record must contain the following information:
2.25 (1) a clear copy of each person's current state or federally issued identification; and
2.26 (2) a clear copy of the firearms safety training certificate of the purchaser or person
2.27 otherwise taking ownership of the firearm, or proof that the person was employed as a peace
2.28 officer within the state of Minnesota within the year preceding the sale.
2.29 (c) In addition, the record must include the following information:
2.30 (1) the type of firearm;
2.31 (2) the manufacturer, make, and model of the firearm; and
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3.1 (3) the firearm's manufacturer-assigned serial number.
3.2 (d) All parties to the sale must retain a copy of the record and any attachments to the
3.3 record for ten years from the date of the sale. A copy in digital form shall be acceptable for
3.4 the purposes of this paragraph.
3.5 Subd. 6.Compulsory production of record of safety training; misdemeanor
3.6 penalty.(a) All parties to a sale of a firearm must produce the record of safety training
3.7 when a peace officer requests the record as part of a criminal investigation.
3.8 (b) A person wh

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