KY SB22 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-07 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-07 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 503 to incorporate the "no duty to retreat" provisions elsewhere in the chapter; amend KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and 503.080 to require a reasonable belief that defensive force is necessary before it is justified; change the term "great bodily harm" to "serious physical injury" as used throughout the Penal Code; amend KRS 503.060 to require an initial aggressor to retreat before the use of force can be justified; repeal KRS 503.120.
Title
AN ACT relating to general principles of justification.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-01-07 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
2017-01-03 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
2016-08-03 | Senate | Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB22.htm |
Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB22/bill.pdf |