FL S1846 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Repealing a provision relating to home protection and the use or threatened use of deadly force, which creates a presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm in certain circumstances and provides that a person has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force in certain circumstances, etc.
Title
Use of Deadly Force in Defense of a Person
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-03-14 | Senate | Died in Criminal Justice |
2020-03-14 | Senate | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
2020-01-22 | Senate | Introduced |
2020-01-17 | Senate | Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules |
2020-01-13 | Senate | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
H6049 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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776 | 012 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
776 | 013 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
776 | 032 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
790 | 15 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
Florida State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1846 |
Text | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1846/BillText/Filed/HTML |