Minnesota Senate Bill 5412

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-15 - Author added Gruenhagen
Pending: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Use of force in defense of home and person law clarification; Minnesota's self-defense of home laws extension and codification; common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home elimination; boundaries of dwelling expansion for purposes of self-defense; presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force creation; rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle extension

Use of force in defense of home and person law clarification; Minnesota's self-defense of home laws extension and codification; common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home elimination; boundaries of dwelling expansion for purposes of self-defense; presumption in the case of a person entering a dwelling or occupied vehicle by stealth or force creation; rights available to a person in that person's dwelling to a person defending against entry of that person's occupied vehicle extension

Sen. John Jasinski [R]

Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-15	Senate	Author added Gruenhagen
2024-04-11	Senate	Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety
2024-04-11	Senate	Introduction and first reading

HF5368 (Similar To) 2024-04-15 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF5412&ssn=0&y=2023
Text	https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF5412&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2024&session_number=0&format=pdf