Minnesota SF 3661: State policy supporting the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies establishment

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; prohibiting the sale and possession of ghost guns; limiting​
1.3 the printing of firearms by three-dimensional printers to federally licensed firearms​
1.4 manufacturers; prohibiting distribution of three-dimensional printer firearm design​
1.5 files; requiring serial numbers on firearms; requiring the commissioner of public​
1.6 safety to issue a public notice; providing limits on assembling firearms without a​
1.7 federal firearms license; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,​
1.8 chapter 624; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.667.​
1.9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.10 Section 1. [624.7145] SERIAL NUMBERS; GHOST GUNS.​
1.11 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section and sections 624.7146 and​
1.12 624.7147, the following terms have the meanings given.​
1.13 (b) "Federal firearms licensee" means a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer under​
1.14 United States Code, title 18, section 921(a)(9-11).​
1.15 (c) "Ghost gun" means a firearm or a finished or unfinished frame or receiver that:​
1.16 (1) lacks a unique serial number engraved or imprinted in metal alloy on the frame or​
1.17 receiver;​
1.18 (2) is undetectable by a metal detector under the terms of United States Code, title 18,​
1.19 section 922(p), or can be readily modified to become undetectable; or​
1.20 (3) is manufactured by a three-dimensional printer or computer numerical control milling​
1.21 machine by a person who is not a federally licensed firearm manufacturer.​
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SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 3661​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ and Klein)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6334​02/19/2026​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​
Author added Klein​6419​02/26/2026​
Comm report: To pass as amended​6766a​03/18/2026​
Second reading​6807​

2.1 Ghost gun does not include any firearm or unfinished frame or receiver that is permanently​
2.2 inoperable; is an antique firearm, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 3; or was​
2.3 manufactured prior to 1968.​
2.4 (d) "Unfinished frame or receiver" means a forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined​
2.5 body, or similar article that has reached a stage where it may be readily completed, assembled,​
2.6 or converted into a functional firearm.​
2.7 (e) "Unique serial number" means the serial number and, if applicable, other information​
2.8 required under:​
2.9 (1) United States Code, title 26, section 5842;​
2.10 (2) United States Code, title 18, section 923;​
2.11 (3) section 624.7147; or​
2.12 (4) the law of any other state for the identification of firearms.​
2.13 Subd. 2.Alteration of serial numbers.Any person who commits any of the following​
2.14 acts may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine​
2.15 of not more than $10,000, or both:​
2.16 (1) obliterates, removes, changes, or alters the unique serial number of a firearm; or​
2.17 (2) receives or possesses a firearm, the unique serial number of which has been​
2.18 obliterated, removed, changed, or altered.​
2.19 Subd. 3.Prohibition on possession.Any person who owns, possesses, or receives a​
2.20 ghost gun may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of​
2.21 a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.​
2.22 Subd. 4.Sale, transfer, and distribution of ghost guns.Any person who sells, transfers,​
2.23 or distributes a ghost gun may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years​
2.24 or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.​
2.25 Subd. 5.Firearms without serial numbers.(a) Any person who, on August 1, 2026,​
2.26 is in possession of a firearm or unfinished frame or receiver that lacks a unique serial number​
2.27 engraved or imprinted in metal alloy on the frame or receiver has 180 days to do one of the​
2.28 following:​
2.29 (1) have a federal firearms licensee imprint a unique serial number on the firearm​
2.30 according to the requirements under section 624.7147;​
2.31 (2) permanently remove the firearm or unfinished frame or receiver from the state;​
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3.1 (3) render the firearm or unfinished frame or receiver permanently inoperable; or​
3.2 (4) surrender the firearm or unfinished frame or receiver to a law enforcement agency​
3.3 for destruction.​
3.4 (b) Any person who receives an unfinished frame, receiver, or firearm without a unique​
3.5 serial number through inheritance and who is not otherwise prohibited from possessing the​
3.6 unfinished frame, receiver, or firearm, must, within 30 days after inheriting the unfinished​
3.7 frame, receiver, or firearm:​
3.8 (1) have a federal firearms licensee imprint a unique serial number on the firearm​
3.9 according to the requirements of section 624.7147;​
3.10 (2) permanently remove the firearm o