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CS/CS/SB 1052: Justifiable Use of Force

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Judiciary ; Simmons

Justifiable Use of Force; Revising the right to use or threaten force, including deadly force, when a person is in a dwelling, residence, or vehicle; authorizing a person to use or threaten to use nondeadly or deadly force in a dwelling or residence under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
 Last Action: 6/12/2017 - Chapter No. 2017-77
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/20/2017 Senate • Filed
    3/6/2017 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Rules -SJ 116
    3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 116
    3/9/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/14/17, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
    3/17/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/22/17, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/22/2017 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 -SJ 259
    3/23/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/24/2017 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 259
    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/29/17, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    3/29/2017 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 8 NAYS 4 -SJ 277
    • CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 266
    3/30/2017 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 277
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/04/17
    • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 278
    4/4/2017 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 291
    4/6/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 318
    • Amendment(s) failed (469012) -SJ 318
    • Amendment(s) pending (799564) -SJ 319
    • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 319
    4/12/2017 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 393
    4/13/2017 Senate • Pending amendment(s), adopted (799564) -SJ 398
    • Amendment(s) failed (947358) -SJ 398
    • Amendment(s) adopted (833056) -SJ 398
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 398
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 22 NAYS 15 -SJ 398
    4/18/2017 House • In Messages
    4/24/2017 House • Referred to Calendar -HJ 795
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/27/17
    • Received -HJ 795
    4/27/2017 House • Substituted for CS/CS/HB 677 -HJ 937
    • Read 2nd time -HJ 937
    • Amendment(s) adopted (936359) -HJ 937
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/28/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 969
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 77 NAYS 41 -HJ 969
    4/28/2017 Senate • In returning messages
    5/4/2017 Senate • Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (936359) -SJ 821, 822
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 23 NAYS 14 -SJ 822
    • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 822
    6/5/2017 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
    6/9/2017 • Approved by Governor
    6/12/2017 • Chapter No. 2017-77

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  • CS/CS/SB 1052, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 5/5/2017 at 11:42 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 677 (c2) Justifiable Use of Force Byrd Identical Last Action: 4/27/2017 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1052 (Ch. 2017-77) -HJ 937 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    776.013 Home protection; use or threatened use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 1052, Engrossed 2 Posted 5/4/2017 at 7:57 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 677 (c2) Justifiable Use of Force Byrd Identical Last Action: 4/27/2017 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1052 (Ch. 2017-77) -HJ 937 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    776.013 Home protection; use or threatened use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 1052, Engrossed 1 Posted 4/13/2017 at 5:22 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   House Message Summary (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 677 (c2) Justifiable Use of Force Byrd Compare Last Action: 4/27/2017 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1052 (Ch. 2017-77) -HJ 937 Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    936359 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Byrd 4/25/2017
    9:26 AM     		Senate: Concurred
    5/4/2017     		PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/28/2017 12:57 PM House 77 Yeas - 41 Nays
    5/4/2017 4:53 PM Senate 23 Yeas - 14 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    776.013 Home protection; use or threatened 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 or threatened use of force. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 1052, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 3/30/2017 at 11:17 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/31/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 677 (c1) Justifiable Use of Force Byrd Similar Last Action: 4/27/2017 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1052 (Ch. 2017-77) -HJ 937 Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (5)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    469012 - Amendment
    Delete lines 10 - 22 and insert:     		Rodriguez 4/3/2017
    2:40 PM     		Senate: Failed
    4/6/2017     		Web Page
    PDF
    735204 - Amendment
    Delete lines 14 - 22 and insert:     		Simmons 4/6/2017
    1:42 PM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    4/6/2017     		Web Page
    PDF
    833056 - Amendment
    Delete lines 14 - 22 and insert:     		Simmons 4/6/2017
    2:14 PM     		Senate: Adopted
    4/13/2017     		Web Page
    PDF
    799564 - Amendment
    Between lines 22 and 23 insert:     		Simmons 4/6/2017
    1:41 PM     		Senate: Adopted
    4/13/2017     		Web Page
    PDF
    947358 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Rodriguez 4/11/2017
    4:07 PM     		Senate: Failed
    4/13/2017     		Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/13/2017 5:08 PM Senate 22 Yeas - 15 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    776.013 Home protection; use or threatened use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 1052, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/23/2017 at 2:32 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 3/28/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 677 (c1) Justifiable Use of Force Byrd Identical Last Action: 4/27/2017 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1052 (Ch. 2017-77) -HJ 937 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    270372 - Amendment
    Delete line 19 and insert:     		Rules
    (Simmons)     		3/29/2017
    12:26 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/29/2017     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/29/2017 1:00 PM Rules 8 Yeas - 4 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    776.013 Home protection; use or threatened use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 1052, Original Filed Version Posted 2/20/2017 at 9:05 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/13/2017 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/23/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 677 Justifiable Use of Force Byrd Identical Last Action: 4/27/2017 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1052 (Ch. 2017-77) -HJ 937 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    244652 - Amendment
    Delete lines 24 - 32 and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Simmons)     		3/14/2017
    8:31 AM     		Withdrawn
    3/23/2017     		Web Page
    PDF
    882434 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Judiciary
    (Simmons)     		3/21/2017
    3:35 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/23/2017     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/22/2017 4:00 PM Judiciary 7 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    776.013 Home protection; use or threatened use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm. Page 1 (pdf)

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