Florida House Bill 73 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Removes provisions stating persons who use or threaten to use force, other than deadly force, do not have duty to retreat before using or threatening to use such force; prohibits use of deadly force by person who knows that he or she can avoid using deadly force with complete safety by retreating; removes provisions stating person using or threatening to use deadly force does not have duty to retreat & has right to stand his or her ground; repeals provisions relating to immunity from criminal prosecution & civil action for justifiable use or threatened use of force.

Use or Threatened Use of Force

Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby [D]

Rep. Christopher Benjamin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	House	Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2022-03-12	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2022-01-11	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-09-17	House	Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-09-17	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-09-17	House	Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-09-07	House	Filed

S888 (Same As) 2022-03-14 - Died in Judiciary
H6115 (Similar To) 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
776	012		Amended Code	See Bill Text
776	031		Amended Code	See Bill Text
776	032		Amended Code	See Bill Text
790	25		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/73
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/73/BillText/Filed/PDF