DFL plans House sit-in after 8,000-signature gun bill push
Gun safety advocates handed more than 8,000 petition signatures to Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth on Thursday while DFL House members staged an overnight sit-in to demand a floor vote.[1]
DFL members said they will remain on the House floor from the end of Thursday's session into Friday to keep attention on the stalled bill.[1] Advocates delivered the signatures directly to Demuth and urged her to bring the Senate-passed gun safety bill to a vote.[1]
The Senate passed the gun safety bill earlier this session, but it never received a House floor vote.[1] Demuth says she is not blocking the bill and that it stalled in committee on party-line votes.[1] Victims' families and DFL lawmakers say she pledged not to block floor votes and are accusing her of reneging.[1]
The protest comes in the final four days of the legislative session, and both sides say the outcome will be a major campaign issue if the bill is not brought to the floor.[1]
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- Advocates delivered more than 8,000 petition signatures to House Speaker Lisa Demuth on Thursday demanding a vote on a Senate‑passed gun safety bill.
- DFL House members plan an overnight sit‑in on the chamber floor from the end of Thursday’s session until Friday’s to spotlight the issue.
- Demuth claims she is not blocking the bill, saying it stalled on party‑line votes in committee, while victims’ families and DFL lawmakers say she is reneging on a pledge not to block floor votes.
- The action comes in the final four days of the legislative session, and both sides say gun policy will be a major campaign issue if the bill is not brought to the floor.
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