Minnesota Democrats stage sit-in over gun violence bill vote
The measure would ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and add school mental health funding as lawmakers face a Sunday deadline.
- House Democrats staged a 17-hour sit-in at the Minnesota State Capitol on Thursday night into Friday to pressure leadership for a vote on a gun reform and school safety bill.
- The legislation, which passed the Senate last week, includes an assault weapons ban and mental health funding following high-profile shootings involving Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Senator John Hoffman.
- Democrats accuse Republicans of burying the bill to avoid an on-the-record vote; a 67-67 chamber split makes legislative action unlikely before Monday's adjournment.
- House Democrats plan to remain in the chamber until it reconvenes, demanding Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth bring the measure to the floor before a Sunday night deadline.
- Separately, Senator John Hoffman sponsored a bill making impersonating an officer a felony, taking effect Aug. 1 following the shooting at his home last June.
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Minnesota DFL lawmakers stage overnight sit-in after gun reform bill blocked from House floor vote
After a motion to bring the Minnesota Senate's gun reform bill to the House floor for a vote was defeated along party lines Thursday following nearly six hours of debate, some DFL lawmakers staged a sit-in overnight inside the House chambers in protest.
Minnesota House DFLers hold a sit-in to get vote on gun violence prevention bill
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – DFLers began a sit-in on the Minnesota House of Representatives floor on Thursday because they say Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth (R – Cold Spring) hasn’t scheduled a vote on a gun bill passed by the Senate on May 4. The legislation includes an assault weapons and large-capacity magazine ban and $19 million for school safety aid program funding. On May 8, House DFL Floor Leader Jamie Long of Minneapolis asked Speaker Pro Te…
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