Changes made to the Safe at Home address confidentiality program

Safe at Home is an address confidentiality program administered by the Secretary of State’s Office that is available to Minnesota residents who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, harassment, or stalking or who otherwise fear for their personal safety.

A new law that takes effect Aug. 1, 2026, makes various changes statutes regarding the program. They include:

• prohibiting discrimination against people based on their status as Safe at Home participants;

• adding emancipated minors to the list of possible Safe at Home program participants;

• imposing a gross misdemeanor penalty for a violation of the Safe at Home chapter that results in bodily harm;

• specifies steps to be accomplished before a court can direct a participant in the Safe at Home program to disclose their address, including issuance of a written order with specified content, and giving the secretary of state standing to request reconsideration of the order or to intervene in a proceeding; and

• amending a section of statute regarding mandated training for judges to require the training program to include information on the Safe at Home program.

Rep. Jim Nash (R-Waconia) and Sen. Doron Clark (DFL-Mpls) are the sponsors.

HF3676*/SF3959/CH67

HF3676* / SF3959 / CH67