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AZ HB2300

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/17/2024

Primary Sponsor

Lorena Austin

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-405 regarding justification for use of deadly physical force
  • Repeals subsection B, which previously stated that a person has no duty to retreat before using deadly physical force if lawfully present and not engaged in unlawful activity
  • Retains provision allowing use of deadly physical force when a reasonable person would believe it is immediately necessary to protect against unlawful deadly physical force
  • Makes minor grammatical changes, replacing "such" with "the" in the statutory language

Legislative Description

Duty to retreat; repeal.

Repeal

Last Action

House read second time

1/22/2024

Committee Referrals

Rules1/17/2024
Judiciary1/17/2024

Full Bill Text

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