2024 changes to the crime of transferring a firearm to an ineligible person reenacted with certain amendments, and affirmative defense repealed.

This bill reenacts Minnesota's 2024 law making it a crime to transfer firearms to ineligible people (such as those with certain criminal records or protective orders) and removes a legal defense that previously allowed family or household members to avoid charges if they transferred under threat. It specifically repeals Minnesota Statutes §624.7141, subdivision 4, which had permitted a defense based on coercion by family members. The law applies to all firearm transfers to prohibited individuals, eliminating the exception for family/household member transfers. The changes take effect after enactment but apply retroactively to August 1, 2024.