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AZ HB2529

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/28/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lorena Austin

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-405 regarding justification for use of deadly physical force
  • Repeals subsection B, which stated that a person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using deadly physical force if lawfully present and not engaged in unlawful activity
  • Retains the existing justification standard allowing deadly physical force when a reasonable person would believe it is immediately necessary to protect against unlawful deadly physical force
  • Removes statutory protection for standing one's ground without retreating in self-defense situations

Legislative Description

Duty to retreat; repeal

Repeal

Last Action

House read second time

1/29/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules1/28/2025
Judiciary1/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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