SAINT PAUL, Minn. (GRAY) – Over the weekend, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz told a panel at MinnPost Festival that he could look to a constitutional amendment as an option to get gun-control policy passed.

A standard legislative bill is passed by a simple majority of votes in both the House and Senate. Once passed, it’s signed by the Governor and becomes a state law.

A constitutional amendment also requires a simple majority, but once passed, must be ratified by voters before becoming part of the state constitution. That’s done by putting the amendment on a ballot and voting on it in an election.

Walz’s comments come as the state legislature remains locked in a battle over how to respond to last month’s shooting at Annunciation Church.

Where Walz and other DFLers are looking to pass a b

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