Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2	2		1.2 relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying the exemption for firearm storage
3	3		1.3 units; providing an exemption for firearm safety devices; amending Minnesota
4	4		1.4 Statutes 2024, section 297A.67, subdivision 40.
5	5		1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6		1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.67, subdivision 40, is amended to read:
7	7		1.7 Subd. 40.Firearm safety devices; firearm storage units.(a) Safety devices and secure
8	8		1.8firearm storage units are exempt. For the purposes of this subdivision:
9	9		1.9 (1) "firearm safety device" means:
10	10		1.10 (i) a device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed to prevent the firearm from
11	11		1.11being operated without first deactivating the device; or
12	12		1.12 (ii) a device to be equipped or installed on a firearm that is designed to prevent the
13	13		1.13operation of the firearm by anyone who does not have authorized access to the firearm;
14	14		1.14 (2) "secure firearm storage unit" means a container that is fully enclosed and locked by
15	15		1.15a padlock, keylock, combination lock, or similar locking device, and is either specifically
16	16		1.16designed for the safe storage of firearms or sold for that purpose by a federally licensed
17	17		1.17firearms dealer; and
18	18		1.18 (2) (3) "firearm" has the meaning provided in section 97A.015, subdivision 19.
19	19		1.19 (b) A firearm sold with a firearm safety device already installed on it is treated as the
20	20		1.20sale of a firearm and not the sale of a firearm safety device.
21	21		1Section 1.
22		-	~~S0011-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF11~~ REVISOR EAP
	22	+	25-00701 as introduced11/22/24 REVISOR EAP/BM
23	23		SENATE
24	24		STATE OF MINNESOTA
25	25		S.F. No. 11NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
26		-	(SENATE AUTHORS: REST, Dibble~~, Westlin~~ and ~~Putnam~~)
	26	+	(SENATE AUTHORS: REST, Dibble and Westlin)
27	27		OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
28		-	Introduction and first reading6001/16/2025
29		-	Referred to Taxes
30		-	Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety14801/23/2025
31		-	Author added Putnam165
32		-	Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Taxes02/06/2025 2.1 (b) (c) The seller of a firearm safety device or secure firearm storage unit must neither
	28	+	Introduction and first reading01/16/2025
	29	+	Referred to Taxes 2.1 (b) (c) The seller of a firearm safety device or secure firearm storage unit must neither
33	30		2.2collect, nor transmit to any private or public entity, any personal data of or information
34	31		2.3about a purchaser resulting from a sale eligible for the exemption under this subdivision. If
35	32		2.4information about the purchase or transfer of a firearm safety device or firearm storage unit
36		-	2.5is required to be collected by a government entity, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision
37		-	2.67a, all data pertaining to that purchase or transfer are private data on individuals, as defined
38		-	2.7in section 13.02, subdivision 12, or nonpublic data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision
39		-	2.89.
40		-	2.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after June
41		-	2.1030, 2025.
	33	+	2.5is required to be collected by a government entity, all data pertaining to that purchase or
	34	+	2.6transfer are private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, or
	35	+	2.7nonpublic data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 9.
	36	+	2.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after June
	37	+	2.930, 2025.
42	38		2Section 1.
43		-	~~S0011-1 1st Engrossment~~~~SF11~~ REVISOR EAP
	39	+	25-00701 as introduced11/22/24 REVISOR EAP/BM