Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H0169
Legislation Overview
Title: Use or Threatened Use of Defensive Force
Description: Provides legislative findings & intent; provides for retroactive application; specifies that once prima facie claim of self-defense immunity has been raised, burden of proof shall be on party seeking to overcome immunity from criminal prosecution; entitles criminal defendants who successfully claim such immunity to award of specified costs, attorney fees, & related expenses; specifies procedure for reimbursement requests; requires reimbursements to be paid from operating trust fund of state attorney who prosecuted defendant; limits amount of award.
Session: 2016 Regular Session
Last Action: Introduced
Last Action Date: January 12, 2016
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Dennis Baxley; Neil Combee; Brad Drake; Matt Gaetz; Charlie Stone;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (5 of 120)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 12, 2016 | Introduced |
| House | Nov 17, 2015 | Unfavorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee, laid on Table; YEAS 6 NAYS 6 |
| House | Nov 10, 2015 | On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 11/17/15, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall |
| House | Sep 24, 2015 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
| House | Sep 15, 2015 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Sep 15, 2015 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
