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Committee trims squatter bill; keeps criminal trespass provision and adds definition of "dwelling"
Summary
Lawmakers adopted amendments to House Bill 1305 that remove several new civil remedies and leave a criminal trespass enhancement: unlawful occupation of a residential dwelling becomes a class E felony, and the bill adds a statutory definition of "dwelling." The committee voted to send the revised bill forward.
The House Judiciary Committee approved amendments to House Bill 1305 that narrow the sponsor’s original package and retain a criminal trespass provision while removing other civil‑remedy provisions.
Under the amended measure, an individual who unlawfully detains, occupies or trespasses upon a residential dwelling would be guilty of a class E felony. The amendment also inserts a definition of "dwelling" that legislative council reworded to avoid circularity: dwelling "means real property or residential…
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