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Minnesota · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 17: Minnesota Personal Protection Act amended, lifetime permits to carry handguns created, and application fee reduced.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 17 is a bill introduced in the Minnesota House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Minnesota Personal Protection Act amended, lifetime permits to carry handguns created, and application fee reduced. Primary sponsor: Matt Bliss (Republican). It lists 26 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2025): Author added Van Binsbergen.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 26

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matt BlissPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse2B
Keith AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19A
Pam AltendorfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20A
Paul AndersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12A
Jeff BackerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9A
Peggy BennettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23A
Scott Van BinsbergenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16A
John BurkelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1A
Jeff DotsethCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11A
Bidal DuranCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2A
Elliott EngenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36A
Marj FogelmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse21B
Steve GanderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1B
Dawn GillmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17A
Jimmy GordonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28A
Bobbie HarderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17B
Walter HudsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30A
Steve JacobCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20B
Krista KnudsenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5A
Jon KoznickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57A
Joe McDonaldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29A
MurphyCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Bernie PerrymanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14A
Isaac SchultzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10B
Roger SkrabaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3A
Cal WarwasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7B
Natalie ZeleznikarCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3B

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Author added Van Binsbergen
  2. Author added Gillman
  3. Author added Altendorf
  4. Authors added Fogelman, Koznick, and Gander
  5. Authors added McDonald and Murphy
  6. Authors added Schultz; Duran; Engen; Perryman; Zeleznikar; Knudsen; Bennett; Dotseth; Anderson, P. H.; Hudson; Jacob; Skraba; Burkel; Harder; Allen; Backer; Gordon and Warwas
  7. Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source