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HF3368 • 2026

2024 amendment to the definition of trigger activator reenacted.

2024 amendment to the definition of trigger activator reenacted.

Firearms
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Berg, Kraft, Rehrauer, Jones, Moller
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
Author added Moller
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about when the bill will become effective beyond 'the day following final enactment'.

Reenacting Ban on Binary Triggers

The bill reenacts a ban on binary triggers from 2024, making it effective again starting the day following final enactment.

What This Bill Does

  • Restates the law that banned binary triggers in 2024.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who make or use binary triggers
  • Law enforcement agencies that enforce laws about binary triggers

Terms To Know

Binary Trigger
A device used in firearms that can activate a firing mechanism automatically.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the exact date it becomes effective.
  • It is unclear if this affects existing laws about other types of triggers or devices.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-26 House

    Author added Moller

  2. 2026-02-23 House

    Author added Jones

  3. 2026-02-19 House

    Author added Rehrauer

  4. 2026-02-17 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

2024 amendment to the definition of trigger activator reenacted.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
A bill for an act

relating to public safety; reenacting the 2024 amendment to the definition of trigger

activator.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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REENACTMENT OF BAN ON BINARY TRIGGERS.
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Laws 2024, chapter 127, article 36, section 2, is reenacted retroactively and without

interruption from January 1, 2025.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment and

applies to crimes committed on or after that date.

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