Minnesota bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota HF 283
Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, Minnesota's self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat eliminated in certain cases, boundaries of dwelling expanded for purposes of self-defense, presumption created, and rights extended to others defending against forced entry.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Sexton (Republican)
Cosponsors (9)
- Johnson, W. (Republican)
- Davis (Republican)
- Joy (Republican)
- Anderson, P. H. (Republican)
- Koznick (Republican)
- Bakeberg (Republican)
- Witte (Republican)
- Knudsen (Republican)
- Schultz (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Feb 17, 2025): Author added Schultz
Text versions
- Introduction· Feb 10, 2025
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 17, 2025 · House
Author added Schultz - Feb 13, 2025 · House
Author added Knudsen - Feb 10, 2025 · House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety Finance and Policy