2025 bills / S.B. 340
S.B. 340 Protected Person Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill lets a person who is at risk of harm apply to the Commissioner of Public Safety for certification to build a security improvement on their own property. It requires local land use authorities to approve such applications that meet state construction and fire codes, exempts these improvements from county and city land use rules, and sets remedies if a local government unlawfully delays or denies the permit.
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Official description
- defines terms
- establishes a process for an individual at risk of harm to apply to the commissioner of public safety for certification to construct a security improvement on the individual's property
- requires a land use authority to approve an individual's land use application to construct a security improvement on the individual's real property if the application complies with the state's construction and fire codes
- exempts an individual's security improvement from county or municipal land use regulations
- describes remedies available to an individual if a municipality or county unlawfully conditions, delays, or denies the individual's building permit for a security improvement
- provides for the confidentiality of records relating to certification of a security improvement or security improvement construction
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Every vote
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 28, 2025Who voted how
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Mar 3, 2025Who voted how
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how
- 63 yes, 4 no, 8 absentFinal House vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
- 27 yes, 1 no, 1 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how