SF 3772
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 02/24/2026 09:55 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to public safety; banning the sale or use of a specific chemical compound
used in tear gas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.731, subdivision
1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[116.382] ORTHOCHLOROBENZALMALONONITRILE; BAN.
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(a) Notwithstanding section 624.731, subdivision 6, a person may not offer for sale, sell,
purchase, use, or manufacture orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile or any product containing
orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile in this state.
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(b) The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency must provide guidance on proper disposal
of existing supplies of orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile or of any products containing
orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile possessed by persons in this state.
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(c) For the purposes of this section, "orthochlorobenzalmalononitrile" means a chemical
with the Chemical Abstract Services Registry Number 2698-41-1.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 624.731, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section:
(1) "authorized tear gas compound" means a lachrymator or any substance composed
of a mixture of a lachrymator including chloroacetophenone, alpha-chloroacetophenonedeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin ,new text end
phenylchloromethylketone, deleted text begin orthochlorobenzalmalononitriledeleted text end or oleoresin capsicum, commonly
known as tear gas; and
(2) "electronic incapacitation device" means a portable device which is designed or
intended by the manufacturer to be used, offensively or defensively, to temporarily
immobilize or incapacitate persons by means of electric pulse or current, including devices
operating by means of carbon dioxide propellant. "Electronic incapacitation device" does
not include cattle prods, electric fences, or other electric devices when used in agricultural,
animal husbandry, or food production activities.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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