Bill Title: Relating to self-defense, to amend Section 13A-3-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a person's use of physical force in defending himself, herself, or another person is presumed reasonable; to further provide for the immunity received by a person whose use of physical force on another person is justified self-defense; to shift the burden of proving a person's use of physical force is not justified to the state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Introduced and Referred to House Judiciary [HB513 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Ernie Yarbrough [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-007	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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