SB 96 Florida Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Use or Threatened Use of Force

Summary
Use or Threatened Use of Force; Citing this act as the "Self-Defense Restoration Act"; deleting provisions stating that persons who use or threaten to use force, other than deadly force, do not have a duty to retreat before using or threatening to use such force in defense of persons or property, respectively; prohibiting the use of deadly force by a person who knows that he or she can avoid the necessity of using deadly force with complete safety by retreating; deleting provisions stating that a person using or threatening to use deadly force does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground under certain circumstances, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Mar 8, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced
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Oct 17, 2023
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Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
upper
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Shev Jones
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