Florida Senate Bill 888 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Citing this act as the "Self-Defense Restoration Act"; deleting provisions stating that persons who use or threaten to use force, other than deadly force, do not have a duty to retreat before using or threatening to use such force in defense of persons or property; prohibiting the use of deadly force by a person who knows that he or she can avoid the necessity of using deadly force with complete safety by retreating; repealing a provision relating to immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use or threatened use of force, etc.

Use or Threatened Use of Force

Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2022-03-12	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2022-01-11	Senate	Introduced
2021-11-30	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules
2021-11-09	Senate	Filed

H73 (Same As) 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
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/2022/888
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/888/BillText/Filed/HTML