Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S0636
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| Senate | May 3, 2019 | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |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
