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The Home In­va­sion (Self-De­fence and De­fence of Prop­er­ty) Bill, 2025—com­mon­ly re­ferred to as “stand your ground” leg­is­la­tion—was passed in the Sen­ate on Fri­day night with­out amend­ments.

The Bill was ap­proved in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives on No­vem­ber 28 and now awaits as­sent from Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo. Once en­act­ed, any­one con­vict­ed of a home in­va­sion will face up to 25 years in prison or a fine of $750,000.

Af­ter near­ly ten hours of de­bate on Fri­day, the Sen­ate passed the Bill fol­low­ing the com­mit­tee stage, dur­ing which all pro­posed amend­ments were re­ject­ed by the Gov­ern­ment.