Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota HF3676: Safe at Home program; protections, remedies, and various provisions provided and modified; and criminal penalties established.
Status: Signed into law, August 1, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing protections, remedies, and modifying various provisions of the Safe at Home program; establishing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 5B.02; 5B.03, subdivision 1; 5B.11; 5B.13; 171.01, subdivision 45d; 171.0605, subdivision 5; 480.30, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 43A.36, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 5B.
From the engrossed text, March 18, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing protections, remedies, and modifying various provisions of the Safe at Home program; establishing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 5B.02; 5B.03, subdivision 1; 5B.11; 5B.13; 171.01, subdivision 45d; 171.0605, subdivision 5; 480.30, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 43A.36, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 5B. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 5B.02, is amended to read: 5B.02 DEFINITIONS. (a) For purposes of this chapter and unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section have the meanings given deleted text begin themdeleted text end . (b) "Address" means an individual's work address, school address, or residential street address, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant under this chapter. (c) "Applicant" means an adult, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of an eligible minor, new text begin [ADDED: an emancipated minor, ] new text end or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person, as defined in section 524.5-102. (d) "Domestic violence" means an act as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), and includes a threat of such acts committed against an individual in a domestic situation, regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers. (e) "Eligible …