Florida Senate - 2017                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1052
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/13/2017 05:05 PM       .                                
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       Senator Simmons moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 14 - 22
    4  and insert:
    5         (3) A person who is attacked in a his or her dwelling or,
    6  residence in which the person has a right to be, or vehicle has
    7  no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground
    8  by using or threatening and use or threaten to use force,
    9  including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes that
   10  such conduct is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm
   11  to himself, herself, or another or to prevent the imminent
   12  commission of a forcible felony uses or threatens to use force
   13  in accordance with s. 776.012(1) or (2) or s. 776.031(1) or (2).
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   15  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   16  And the title is amended as follows:
   17         Delete lines 3 - 6
   18  and insert:
   19         s. 776.013, F.S.; specifying that a person who is in a
   20         dwelling or residence in which he or she has a right
   21         to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to
   22         stand his or her ground under certain circumstances;
   23         providing an effective date.