HB 617 (2025)
Increase the homestead right to $400,000
This bill became law.
Increases the homestead right from $120,000 to $1,000,000 and creates additional exemptions for the use of this right. Generally speaking, the homestead right protects a homeowner's property from some debt collection.
The Senate amended the bill to instead increase the minimum homestead right to $350,000.
A conference committee of representatives and senators agreed on a minimum homestead right of $400,000 for an individual and $550,000 for married/multiple people with interest in a home.
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