Bill Summary: SF1350 - Firearms Regulations

• Establishes mandatory minimum sentences of 60 months for felons possessing firearms and 120 months for repeat offenders; applies to convictions under section 609.165 and 624.713.

• Creates new criminal offenses including falsely reporting lost or stolen firearms (gross misdemeanor), crimes against licensed dealers who knowingly facilitate illegal transfers, and transferring firearms to ineligible persons.

• Expands definition of "crime of violence" to include felony domestic assault, felony fifth-degree assault, domestic assault by strangulation, and transferring firearms to ineligible persons.

• Requires courts and law enforcement to electronically transmit firearms disqualification data to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System within 24 hours and establishes procedures for people to petition courts to restore firearms rights after mental health commitments.

• Mandates criminal justice agencies enter fingerprints, identification data, and criminal records into Bureau of Criminal Apprehension databases or federal databases within 24 hours; bureau must convert non-electronic submissions within 72 hours.