Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H0879
Legislation Overview
Title: Use of Deadly Force
Description: Limits application of stand your ground law to instances in which attacker commits an overt act that leads person who is attacked to believe that it is necessary to meet force with force; removes references to threatened use of force; provides that immunity from civil & criminal liability for certain uses of deadly force does not apply if person injures child or bystander who is not affiliated with overt act.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: April 28, 2015
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Cynthia Stafford;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 120)
History
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Apr 28, 2015 | Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
House | Mar 3, 2015 | Introduced |
House | Mar 3, 2015 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
House | Feb 20, 2015 | Filed |
Texts
Type | Date | State Link | Text |
Introduced | Feb 20, 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