Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF896 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; permitting certain retired law enforcement officers to
3	3	1.3 carry firearms in schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.66,
4	4	1.4 subdivision 1d.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.66, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 1d.Possession on school property; penalty.(a) Except as provided under
8	8	1.8paragraphs (d) and (f), whoever possesses, stores, or keeps a dangerous weapon while
9	9	1.9knowingly on school property is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment
10	10	1.10for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
11	11	1.11 (b) Whoever uses or brandishes a replica firearm or a BB gun while knowingly on school
12	12	1.12property is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
13	13	1.13 (c) Whoever possesses, stores, or keeps a replica firearm or a BB gun while knowingly
14	14	1.14on school property is guilty of a misdemeanor.
15	15	1.15 (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), (b), or (c), it is a misdemeanor for a person authorized
16	16	1.16to carry a firearm under the provisions of a permit or otherwise to carry a firearm on or
17	17	1.17about the person's clothes or person in a location the person knows is school property.
18	18	1.18Notwithstanding section 609.531, a firearm carried in violation of this paragraph is not
19	19	1.19subject to forfeiture.
20	20	1.20 (e) As used in this subdivision:
21	21	1.21 (1) "BB gun" means a device that fires or ejects a shot measuring .18 of an inch or less
22	22	1.22in diameter;
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR KLL/HL 25-0338502/06/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 896
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Knudsen, Joy, Davis, Altendorf, Stier and others02/17/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 (2) "dangerous weapon" has the meaning given it in section 609.02, subdivision 6;
33	33	2.2 (3) "replica firearm" has the meaning given it in section 609.713; and
34	34	2.3 (4) "school property" means:
35	35	2.4 (i) a public or private elementary, middle, or secondary school building and its improved
36	36	2.5grounds, whether leased or owned by the school;
37	37	2.6 (ii) a child care center licensed under chapter 142B during the period children are present
38	38	2.7and participating in a child care program;
39	39	2.8 (iii) the area within a school bus when that bus is being used by a school to transport
40	40	2.9one or more elementary, middle, or secondary school students to and from school-related
41	41	2.10activities, including curricular, cocurricular, noncurricular, extracurricular, and supplementary
42	42	2.11activities; and
43	43	2.12 (iv) that portion of a building or facility under the temporary, exclusive control of a
44	44	2.13public or private school, a school district, or an association of such entities where conspicuous
45	45	2.14signs are prominently posted at each entrance that give actual notice to persons of the
46	46	2.15school-related use.
47	47	2.16 (f) This subdivision does not apply to:
48	48	2.17 (1) active licensed peace officers;
49	49	2.18 (2) military personnel or students participating in military training, who are on-duty,
50	50	2.19performing official duties;
51	51	2.20 (3) persons authorized to carry a pistol under section 624.714 while in a motor vehicle
52	52	2.21or outside of a motor vehicle to directly place a firearm in, or retrieve it from, the trunk or
53	53	2.22rear area of the vehicle;
54	54	2.23 (4) persons who keep or store in a motor vehicle pistols in accordance with section
55	55	2.24624.714 or 624.715 or other firearms in accordance with section 97B.045;
56	56	2.25 (5) firearm safety or marksmanship courses or activities conducted on school property;
57	57	2.26 (6) possession of dangerous weapons, BB guns, or replica firearms by a ceremonial
58	58	2.27color guard;
59	59	2.28 (7) a gun or knife show held on school property;
60	60	2.29 (8) possession of dangerous weapons, BB guns, or replica firearms with written
61	61	2.30permission of the principal or other person having general control and supervision of the
62	62	2.31school or the director of a child care center; or
63	63	2Section 1.
64	64	REVISOR KLL/HL 25-0338502/06/25 3.1 (9) persons who are on unimproved property owned or leased by a child care center,
65	65	3.2school, or school district unless the person knows that a student is currently present on the
66	66	3.3land for a school-related activity.; or
67	67	3.4 (10) persons authorized to carry a firearm under United States Code, title 18, part I,
68	68	3.5chapter 44, section 926C, and who are carrying in compliance with that law.
69	69	3.6 (g) Notwithstanding section 471.634, a school district or other entity composed
70	70	3.7exclusively of school districts may not regulate firearms, ammunition, or their respective
71	71	3.8components, when possessed or carried by nonstudents or nonemployees, in a manner that
72	72	3.9is inconsistent with this subdivision.
73	73	3.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
74	74	3.11committed on or after that date.
75	75	3Section 1.
76	76	REVISOR KLL/HL 25-0338502/06/25