Bill Title: Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat outside the home eliminated, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights available to a person in that person's dwelling extended to others defending against forced entry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 34-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-24 - Author added Lawrence [HF356 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Lisa Demuth [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-013A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Novotny [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Wiens [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Debra Kiel [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marj Fogelman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Elliott Engen [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-036A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Jeff Witte [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-057B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Isaac Schultz [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-010B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jim Joy [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-004B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nolan West [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Shane Hudella [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Paul H. Anderson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-012A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Krista Knudsen [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-005A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ben Bakeberg [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-054B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jon Koznick [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-057A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Franson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-012B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Pfarr [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-022B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bernie Perryman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Roger Skraba [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Walter Hudson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patti Anderson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Torkelson [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-015B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tom Murphy [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-009B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Daniels [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-019A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Zeleznikar [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Kristin Robbins [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bobbie Harder [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-017B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeff Dotseth [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-011A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Representative Dawn Gillman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-017A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Shane Mekeland [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-027A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Burkel [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Spencer Igo [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-007A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeff Backer [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-009A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bryan Lawrence [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-027B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A

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