Bill Text: AZ SB1421 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Duty to retreat; repeal
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-05 - Senate read second time [SB1421 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2024-SB1421-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: duty to retreat; repeal |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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SB 1421 |
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Introduced by Senators Hernandez: Gabaldón, Hatathlie, Mendez, Sundareshan; Representatives Ortiz, Sandoval, Seaman, Villegas
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An Act
amending section 13-405, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to justification.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-405, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-405. Justification; use of deadly physical force
A. A person is justified in threatening or using deadly physical force against another:
1. If such the person would be justified in threatening or using physical force against the other under section 13-404, and
2. When and to the degree a reasonable person would believe that deadly physical force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly physical force.
B. A person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using deadly physical force pursuant to this section if the person is in a place where the person may legally be and is not engaged in an unlawful act.
