Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H0331
Legislation Overview
Title: Self-Defense
Description: Authorizes person to use force, except deadly force, in defense of property; provides that person does not have duty to retreat if person is in certain place; requires, rather than authorizes, law enforcement agency to investigate use of force; deletes provision that prohibits law enforcement agency from arresting person for using force; authorizes, rather than requires, court to award attorney fees & other expenses to defendant who used force; deletes provisions that make justifiable use of force available to aggressor who initially provokes use of force; provides additional circumstances in which justifiable use of force is not available; directs FDLE to collect data on incidents concerning alleged justifiable use of force; requires law enforcement agencies to report incidents & cases in which justifiable use of force claimed.
Session: 2013 Regular Session
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: May 3, 2013
Companion Bill: S0136
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Saunders, Ron; Antone, Bruce
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 120)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 3, 2013 | Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Mar 5, 2013 | Introduced |
| House | Jan 30, 2013 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
| House | Jan 18, 2013 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 18, 2013 | 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
