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Bill Title: As introduced, specifies circumstances in which a person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using force in self-defense; extends circumstances under which there is a legal presumption that a person using force in self-defense was justified; confers civil immunity upon a person properly using self-defense; prescribes procedures by which law enforcement agencies shall investigate instances in which use of force may have been justified. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-19 - Action Def. in S. Jud Comm. to 5/20/2009 [SB1609 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2009-SB1609-Draft.pdf

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