March 24 - The House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee - bills fail on party-line votes and some bills got referred to other committees before the 1st &2nd committee deadlines March 27 at 5

The House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee heard several bills ahead of the first and second committee deadlines March 27 at 5 P.M. Bills must pass either a committee in the House or Senate to stay active during the 2026 Legislative Session. The committee failed to pass two fire arms bills on party-line votes and referred three bills to other committees before recessing and returning later in the evening to take up several other bills.

Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL) presents a bill that would require serial numbers on ghost guns that can be 3D printed or assembled at home from kits sold online during a hearing of the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee.

Attorney General Keith Ellison, right, testifies in favor of a bill that would require serial numbers on ghost guns that can be 3D printed or assembled at home from kits sold online during a hearing of the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL), center, author of the bill and Minneapolis Chief of Police Brian O’Hara, left, listen to the testimony.

Minneapolis Chief of Police Brian O’Hara, left, testifies in favor of a bill that would require serial numbers on ghost guns that can be 3D printed or assembled at home from kits sold online during a hearing of the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL),center, author of the bill and Attorney General Keith Ellison, right, listen to the testimony.

Minnesota NRA State Director, Brian Bosch, right, testifies in opposition to a bill that would require serial numbers on ghost guns that can be 3D printed or assembled at home from kits sold online during a hearing of the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Rep. David Pinto (DFL), left, author of the bill, listens to the testimony. The bill failed on a party-line vote 10-10.

Rep. Matt Norris (DFL), right, presents a medical assistance fraud bill to a hearing of the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. The bill would give the attorney general subpoena and enforcement authority, provide criminal penalties and fund the Medical Fraud Control Unit.

Attorney General Keith Ellison, center, testifies in favor of a medical assistance fraud bill before the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee that would give the attorney general subpoena and enforcement authority, provide criminal penalties and fund the Medical Fraud Control Unit. Rep. Matt Norris (DFL), right, and Nick Wanka, director of the Medical Fraud Control Unit, left, listen to the testimony.

Nick Wanka, director of the Medical Fraud Control Unit, left, answers a question from a member of the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee on how and what the additional appropriation to the unit would fund. Attorney General Keith Ellison, center and Rep. Matt Norris (DFL), right, listen to the answer. The bill was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee.

Rep. Kaela Berg (DFL) presents a bill to regulate binary triggers for firearms during a hearing of the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Brian Norris, Minnesota NRA State Director, also testified in opposition to Rep. Berg’s bill to regulate binary triggers for firearms. The bill failed on a party-line vote 10-10.

Rep. John Huot (DFL) presents a bill before the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee that would require the removal of identifying equipment and insignia from emergency vehicles sold to the public. The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee.

Colonel Rodmen Smith, Enforcement Director, Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) testifies in favor of a bill that would prevent fraudulent registration of licenses, passes and permits issued by the DNR commissioner and provide criminal penalties. The bill passed and referred to the House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee.