FL H0293 | 2014 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Limits application of stand your ground law to instances in which attacker commits an overt act that leads person who is attacked to believe that it is necessary to meet force with force; provides that immunity from civil & criminal liability for certain uses of deadly force does not apply if person injures child or bystander who is not affiliated with overt act.

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Title

Use of Deadly Force

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2014-05-02HouseDied in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2014-03-04HouseIntroduced
2013-12-13HouseReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2013-11-07HouseFiled

Same As/Similar To

S0270 (Same As) 2014-05-02 - Died in Judiciary

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
776013Amended CodeSee Bill Text
776032Amended CodeSee Bill Text

Florida State Sources


Bill Comments

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