Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S1846
Legislation Overview
Title: Use of Deadly Force in Defense of a Person
Description: Repealing a provision relating to home protection and the use or threatened use of deadly force, which creates a presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm in certain circumstances and provides that a person has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force in certain circumstances, etc.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: March 14, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Bobby Powell (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 14, 2020 | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| Senate | Mar 14, 2020 | Died in Criminal Justice |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2020 | Introduced |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2020 | Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2020 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 13, 2020 | 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
