1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; modifying regulation of machine guns;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.67, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.67, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Acts prohibited. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, whoever owns, 
1.7 	possesses, or operates a machine gun, or any trigger activator or machine gun conversion 
1.8 	kit, or a short-barreled shotgun may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five
1.9 	20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000 $35,000, or both.
1.10 	(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, whoever owns, possesses, or operates a 
1.11 	short-barreled shotgun may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or 
1.12 	to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to offenses 
1.14 	that occur on or after that date.