AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and reasonable belief of harm.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2021
Last action Mar 9, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Mar 9, 2021
Legislature · Passed
03/09/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 26, 2021
Introduced
02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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