Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation SB14
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to general principles of justification.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 503 to incorporate the "no duty to retreat" provisions elsewhere in the chapter; amend KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and 503.080 to require a reasonable belief that defensive force is necessary before it is justified; change the term "great bodily harm" to "serious physical injury" as used throughout the Penal Code; amend KRS 503.060 to require an initial aggressor to retreat before the use of force can be rejustified; repeal KRS 503.120.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: to Judiciary (S)
Last Action Date: February 3, 2015
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Reginald Thomas;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 38)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Aug 7, 2015 | To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2015 | to Judiciary (S) |
| Senate | Jan 6, 2015 | introduced in Senate |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | not available | state link | bill text |
| Draft | not available | 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
