The Florida Senate

SB 116: Use of Deadly Force in Defense of a Person

GENERAL BILL by Thompson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bullard

Use of Deadly Force in Defense of a Person; Repealing a provision relating to home protection and the use of deadly force, which created a presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm in certain circumstances and provided 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.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  8/22/2013	Senate	• Filed
  9/11/2013	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules -SJ 20
  3/4/2014	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 20
  5/2/2014	Senate	• Died in Judiciary

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• SB 116, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/22/2013 at 10:05 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 4003	Use of Deadly Force in Defense of a Person	Williams, Stafford	Identical	Last Action: 3/4/2014 H Introduced -HJ 117 Location: Laid on Table

  Citations - Statutes (4)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  776.012	Use of force in defense of person.	Page 1 (pdf)
  776.013	Home protection; use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.	Page 1 (pdf)
  776.032	Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use of force.	Page 2 (pdf)
  790.15	Discharging firearm in public or on residential property.	Page 2 (pdf)

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