Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H6049
Legislation Overview
Title: Use of Deadly Force in Defense of a Person
Description: Repeals provisions relating to home protection & use of deadly force, which creates presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm in certain circumstances & provides that person has no duty to retreat & has right to stand his or her ground & meet force with force in certain circumstances.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: March 14, 2020
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Dotie Joseph (D); Carlos Smith (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 120)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 14, 2020 | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| House | Mar 14, 2020 | Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Jan 14, 2020 | Introduced |
| House | Dec 12, 2019 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
| House | Dec 5, 2019 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 5, 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
