FL S0270 | 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 Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

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

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Title

Use of Deadly Force

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2014-05-02SenateDied in Judiciary
2014-03-04SenateIntroduced
2013-11-04SenateReferred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
2013-10-15SenateFiled

Same As/Similar To

H0293 (Same As) 2014-05-02 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Code Citations

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

Florida State Sources


Bill Comments

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