HF 1840

1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/27/2025 04:08 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to voting; establishing a standard for determining the residence of an
individual subject to a civil commitment order; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 200.031.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 200.031, is amended to read:

200.031 DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE.

Residence shall be determined in accordance with the following principles, so far as
they may be applicable to the facts of the case:

(1) The residence of an individual is in the precinct where the individual's home is
located, from which the individual has no present intention of moving, and to which,
whenever the individual is absent, the individual intends to return.

(2) An individual does not lose residence if the individual leaves home to live temporarily
in another state or precinct.

(3) An individual does not acquire a residence in any precinct of this state if the individual
is living there only temporarily, without the intention of making that precinct home.

(4) If an individual goes into another state or precinct with the intention of making it
home or files an affidavit of residence there for election purposes, the individual loses
residence in the former precinct.

(5) If an individual moves to another state with the intention of living there for an
indefinite period, the individual loses residence in this state, notwithstanding any intention
to return at some indefinite future time.

(6) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual's residence is located in
the precinct where the individual's family lives, unless the individual's family is living in
that precinct only temporarily.

(7) If an individual's family lives in one precinct and the individual lives or does business
in another, the individual's residence is located in the precinct where the individual's family
lives, unless the individual establishes a home in the other precinct and intends to remain
there, with or without the individual's family.

(8) The residence of a single individual is in the precinct where the individual lives and
usually sleeps.

(9) The mere intention to acquire a new residence, is not sufficient to acquire a new
residence, unless the individual moves to that location; moving to a new location is not
sufficient to acquire a new residence unless the individual intends to remain there.

(10) The residence of an individual who is working temporarily in any precinct of this
state is in the precinct where the individual's permanent home is located.

(11) The residence of an individual who is living permanently in a soldiers' home or
nursing home is in the precinct where the home is located.

(12) If an individual's home lies in more than one precinct or political subdivision, the
residence of the individual is in the precinct in which a majority of the room in which the
individual usually sleeps is located.

(13) If an individual's home is destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by fire or natural
disaster, the individual does not lose residence in the precinct where the home is located if
the individual intends to return to the home when it is reconstructed or made habitable.

new text begin (14) The residence of a person committed to a secure treatment facility as a sexual
psychopathic personality or as a sexually dangerous person under chapter 253D is the
person's last known residential address prior to issuance of the committal order.
new text end