1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; requiring law enforcement agencies to trace and report
1.3 on recovered or confiscated firearms; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.4 Statutes, chapter 626.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [626.5536] LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR
1.7ETRACE SYSTEM AND TRACE AND REPORT ON RECOVERED OR
1.8CONFISCATED FIREARMS.
1.9 Subdivision 1.Definition.As used in this section, "recovered or confiscated" means
1.10any of the following:
1.11 (1) obtained from a crime scene or in connection with a criminal investigation;
1.12 (2) seized by a law enforcement agency;
1.13 (3) forfeited to a law enforcement agency;
1.14 (4) acquired by a law enforcement agency as an abandoned or discarded firearm;
1.15 (5) obtained following the unlawful discharge of a firearm; or
1.16 (6) otherwise obtained and reasonably believed to be connected to a crime.
1.17 Subd. 2.Reporting required.(a) Each law enforcement agency shall register for the
1.18United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Tracing
1.19Center's eTrace system, and opt-in to the system's collective data sharing feature.
1.20 (b) Whenever a firearm is recovered or confiscated by a law enforcement agency, the
1.21agency must, as soon as practicable:
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2746
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Pinto03/24/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 (1) transmit information relating to the firearm to the eTrace system; and
2.2 (2) arrange for the firearm to be test fired and the results submitted to the National
2.3Integrated Ballistics Information Network.
2.4 (c) Whenever a shell casing is recovered or confiscated by a law enforcement agency,
2.5that agency must, as soon as practicable, submit the ballistics information to the National
2.6Integrated Ballistics Information Network.
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REVISOR KLL/RC 25-0466203/05/25