Florida House Bill 33 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on May 2 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 89 (Ch. 2014-195)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires county sheriff or municipal police to issue reasonable guidelines for operation of neighborhood crime watch program; authorizes person to use force, except deadly force in defense of property; authorizes person to use deadly force in defense of property to prevent imminent commission of forcible felony; provides that person who uses force is immune from civil action brought by person or persons against whom force is used; revises definition of term "criminal prosecution" with regard to immunity from criminal prosecution & civil action; provides that law enforcement agency's right & duty to fully investigate use of force upon which claim of immunity is based is not restricted; deletes provision that prohibits law enforcement agency from arresting person for using force unless probable cause is found that force used was unlawful; revises when defense of justifiable use of force is unavailable to aggressor; directs FDLE to collect data alleged justifiable use of force incidents & report.

Self-Defense

Rep. Bruce Antone [D]

Rep. Clovis Watson [D]

Rep. Alan Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-02	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 89 (Ch. 2014-195)
2014-03-04	House	Introduced
2013-10-07	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2013-08-30	House	Filed

S0122 (Same As) 2014-03-04 - Introduced
S0130 (Similar To) 2014-05-02 - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 89 (Ch. 2014-195)
H0193 (Similar To) 2013-10-22 - Withdrawn prior to introduction, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 89 (Ch. 2014-195)
H0089 (Similar To) 2014-06-20 - Chapter No. 2014-195

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
166	0485		Amended Code	See Bill Text
30	60		Amended Code	See Bill Text
776	031		Amended Code	See Bill Text
776	032		Amended Code	See Bill Text
776	041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
776	09		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/33
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0033/BillText/Filed/PDF