Florida Senate Bill 96

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Use or Threatened Use of Force

Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	Senate	Died in Criminal Justice
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced
2023-10-17	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
2023-10-04	Senate	Filed

H787 (Same As) 2024-03-08 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
776	012		Amended Code	See Bill Text
776	031		Amended Code	See Bill Text
776	032		Amended Code	See Bill Text
790	25		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/96
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/96/BillText/Filed/HTML