Overview
- The DFL-led Senate, which voted Monday 34-33, advanced an omnibus public-safety bill that bans dealer sales of assault-style weapons and large-capacity magazines.
- Existing owners would need to certify assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines with the state, non-dealers could still sell them under current transfer laws, and selling or transferring unserialized ghost guns would be a felony.
- The bill also funds school safety grants, expands student mental health services, and supports anonymous threat reporting systems.
- The package now heads to a House split 50-50 that has not moved companion measures, and Republican leaders argue the gun limits are unconstitutional and partisan.
- Doctors and families affected by the Annunciation Church and School shooting urged passage, and the outcome could shape November races with all 201 legislative seats on the ballot.