Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Use of force; enumerate when justifiable.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/16 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A | |
| 2 | 01/31 (S) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
Senate Committee:
Principal Author: Flowers
Title: AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-3-15.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SET FORTH PARAMETERS FOR CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH USE OF FORCE IN DEFENSE OF PERSON IS JUSTIFIABLE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-3-15.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SET FORTH PARAMETERS FOR CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH USE OF FORCE IN DEFENSE OF HOME IS JUSTIFIABLE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-3-15.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SET FORTH PARAMETERS FOR CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH USE OF FORCE IN DEFENSE OF OTHERS IS JUSTIFIABLE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-3-15.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, CREATE IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND CIVIL LIABILITY FOR JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-3-15.5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SET FORTH PARAMETERS FOR CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH USE OF FORCE BY AN AGGRESSOR RENDERS THE JUSTIFICATIONS UNAVAILABLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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