HF3367

Purpose

• The bill reenacts the 2024 changes to the crime of transferring a firearm to an ineligible person (straw purchase) and makes specific amendments. It also repeals an affirmative defense related to certain transfers by family or household members and removes a prior statute referenced as Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 624.7141 subdivision 4. The reenactment is retroactive and without interruption starting August 1, 2024.

Main Provisions

• Reenactment of straw-purchase changes: The provisions from Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 36, section 3 that address transferring a firearm to an ineligible person are reenacted as law again, effective retroactively from August 1, 2024.
• Repeal of affirmative defense: The bill repeals the affirmative defense that had allowed certain transfers of a firearm to an ineligible person by family or household members.
• Repeal of a prior statute: The bill repeals Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 624.7141 subdivision 4.
• Scope: The reenactment and repeals specifically affect the legality and enforcement related to straw purchases and transfers to ineligible persons.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• Strengthened enforcement of straw-purchase crimes by preserving the 2024 changes as current law.
• Eliminates a previously available affirmative defense for transfers of firearms between family or household members that could have reduced liability in certain cases.
• Removes the referenced 624.7141, subdivision 4 provision from the law.
• Applies retroactively to cover periods starting August 1, 2024, ensuring continuity in enforcement and penalties.

Effective Date and Retroactivity

• Retroactive reenactment: The changes are reenacted retroactively and without interruption from August 1, 2024.

Repealed Statute

• Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 624.7141 subdivision 4 is repealed.

Notable Terms Used in This Bill

• straw purchase
• transferring a firearm
• ineligible person
• affirmative defense
• family or household members
• Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 624.7141 subdivision 4
• reenactment
• retroactively
• Laws 2024 chapter 127 article 36 section 3

Relevant Terms - straw purchase - firearm transfers - ineligible person - affirmative defense - family or household members - repeal - retroactive effective date - 624.7141 subdivision 4 - Laws 2024 chapter 127 article 36 section 3