Safe at Home Act
Sponsored By: Senator Amy Klobuchar
Introduced
Summary
Would require federal agencies and courts to accept addresses assigned by State address confidentiality programs instead of a participant’s physical address. It would add privacy protections, limit when a court can force disclosure, and shield certain program-acquired physical addresses from FOIA requests.
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- Participants: People enrolled in an address confidentiality program would be able to use a designated address in place of their home, school, or work address for any purpose that requires an address. They would not face federal regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties for providing the designated address.
- Executive agencies: Agencies would have to accept designated addresses and review and, if needed, change their regulations within 1 year after enactment so they comply with the bill. Agencies that must obtain a physical address to carry out a federal law would need to make a written request to the program specifying the portion of the record and the purpose.
- Federal courts and law enforcement: Federal courts would accept designated addresses but could order disclosure of a participant’s physical address in federal criminal proceedings or for specified agency needs. Any party given the physical address by court order must keep it confidential and use it only for the court-authorized purpose.
- FOIA and procedures: When an agency or court acquires a physical address under the program’s procedures, that physical address would be treated as confidential and exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Termination notice: If someone leaves a program, they would be required to promptly notify each federal agency or court that accepted their designated address.
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Stronger address privacy for participants
This bill would let people in State address confidentiality programs give a program-designated address instead of their real address. Federal agencies and courts would have to accept that designated address when they ask for an address. Agencies would have to review and update rules within one year to follow the bill. If an agency or court needs your real address, it would have to follow the State program’s procedures to get it. If an agency gets your real address under those rules, that address would be exempt from release under FOIA. A court could order a real address disclosed in a federal criminal case or to an agency that needs it. Recipients would have to keep the address confidential and use it only for the court-ordered purpose. If your program participation ends, you would need to tell each agency or court that accepted your designated address.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Cosponsors
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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