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Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S0636

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Use or Threatened Use of Force

Description: Revising the standard under which a person is justified in using or threatening to use nondeadly or deadly force from a person's reasonable belief to the objective belief of a reasonably cautious and prudent person in the same circumstances; revising the burden of proof from clear and convincing evidence to a preponderance of the evidence which the party seeking to overcome immunity from criminal prosecution under a specified provision must prove, etc.

Session: 2019 Regular Session

Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice

Last Action Date: May 3, 2019

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Oscar Braynon (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate May 3, 2019 Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate May 3, 2019 Died in Criminal Justice
Senate Mar 5, 2019 Introduced
Senate Feb 15, 2019 Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules
Senate Jan 31, 2019 Filed
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 31, 2019 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

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