Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1052
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/23/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Simmons) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 776.013, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         776.013 Home protection; use or threatened use of deadly
    8  force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.—
    9         (3) A person who is attacked in his or her dwelling,
   10  residence, or vehicle has no duty to retreat and has the right
   11  to stand his or her ground and use or threaten to use force,
   12  including deadly force, if he or she uses or threatens to use
   13  force in accordance with s. 776.012(1) or (2) or s. 776.031(1)
   14  or (2).
   15         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
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   17  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   20  and insert:
   21                        A bill to be entitled                      
   22         An act relating to justifiable use of force; amending
   23         s. 776.013, F.S.; deleting a requirement that a person
   24         first be attacked in his or her dwelling, residence,
   25         or vehicle before using or threatening to use force;
   26         providing an effective date.