US Congress · H.R. 2334 · Passed the House

Servicemember Residence Protection Act

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Introduced 2025-03-25

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Armed Forces and National Security

What it does

This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to preempt state laws that establish squatter’s rights for premises owned by a servicemember in situations where the premises is occupied by a squatter during a period of military service of the servicemember.

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1Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: preemption of squatters' rights

This section would add a new section 301A to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Under the new section, a state law that gives someone squatter's rights would not apply to a property if two conditions are both true: the property is owned by a servicemember, and a squatter occupied the property during a period when that servicemember was on military service. This section would also add a matching entry to the Act's table of contents for the new section 301A.

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1. Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: preemption of squatters’ rights (a) Preemption The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (54 Stat. 1178; 50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq. ) is amended by inserting, after section 301, the following new section: 301A. Preemption of squatter’s rights Any State law establishing squatter’s rights shall not apply to premises— (1) owned by a servicemember; and (2) occupied by a squatter during a period of military service of such servicemember. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3901(b) ) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 301 the following new item: 301A. Preemption of squatter’s rights. .

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-03-25

In the House.

Passed the House · 2025-09-15

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Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo

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The numbers

29%

of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)

sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (2025-09-16).