Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2320 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; authorizing local governmental units to prohibit or restrict
3	3	1.3 the possession of dangerous weapons, ammunition, or explosives in local
4	4	1.4 government-owned or leased buildings and land; amending Minnesota Statutes
5	5	1.5 2024, section 609.66, by adding a subdivision.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.66, is amended by adding a subdivision
8	8	1.8to read:
9	9	1.9 Subd. 1i.Misdemeanor; possession on county, city, or town property.(a)
10	10	1.10Notwithstanding sections 624.714, subdivision 23, and 624.717, the elected governing body
11	11	1.11of a local governmental unit may prohibit or restrict a person from possessing a dangerous
12	12	1.12weapon, ammunition, or explosives within a building or on land owned or leased by the
13	13	1.13local governmental unit, except as provided under subdivision 1g. Unless a person is
14	14	1.14otherwise prohibited or restricted by other law to possess a dangerous weapon, ammunition,
15	15	1.15or explosives, this subdivision does not apply to:
16	16	1.16 (1) licensed peace officers or military personnel who are performing official duties; or
17	17	1.17 (2) persons who possess dangerous weapons within a building or on land owned or
18	18	1.18leased by a local governmental unit with the express consent of the unit's chief law
19	19	1.19enforcement officer or governing body.
20	20	1.20 (b) A person who possesses a dangerous weapon, ammunition, or explosives within a
21	21	1.21building or on land owned or leased by a local governmental unit that has prohibited or
22	22	1.22restricted possession under paragraph (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-04079 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR KLL/EN
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 2320NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: PAPPAS, Murphy, Westlin, Oumou Verbeten and Clark)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading03/10/2025
31	31	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1limits the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime
32	32	2.2under any other statute.
33	33	2.3 (c) Signs prohibiting or restricting dangerous weapons, ammunition, and explosives
34	34	2.4must be posted on a building or land owned or leased by a local governmental unit. The
35	35	2.5sign must be conspicuous and prominently posted on the building or land and contain the
36	36	2.6following language: "(INDICATE IDENTITY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL
37	37	2.7UNIT) BANS GUNS (INDICATE IN THESE PREMISES OR ON THIS LAND."
38	38	2.8 (d) For the purposes of this subdivision:
39	39	2.9 (1) "conspicuous" means lettering in black arial typeface at least two inches in height
40	40	2.10against a bright contrasting background that is at least 187 square inches in area;
41	41	2.11 (2) "local governmental unit" means a county, statutory or home rule charter city, or
42	42	2.12town; and
43	43	2.13 (3) "prominently" means a sign is readily visible and:
44	44	2.14 (i) if placed on a building, is placed within four feet laterally of each entrance, with the
45	45	2.15bottom of the sign at a height of four to six feet above the floor or ground if placed outside
46	46	2.16the building; and
47	47	2.17 (ii) if placed on land, is placed at each roadway entry to the land and two signs placed
48	48	2.18within land less than three acres, three signs within land at least three acres and less than
49	49	2.19ten acres, and two additional signs for each additional ten acres of land greater than the first
50	50	2.20ten acres.
51	51	2.21 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
52	52	2.22committed on or after that date.
53	53	2Section 1.
54	54	25-04079 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR KLL/EN