MS SB2538

Grants criminal prosecution immunity and civil action immunity to persons who use or threaten force as permitted under Mississippi's justifiable homicide and self-defense statutes

Prohibits law enforcement from arresting a person who used or threatened defensive force unless the agency determines there is probable cause that the force was unlawful

Requires courts to award attorney's fees, court costs, lost income compensation, and all defense expenses to defendants found immune from prosecution in civil actions brought against them

Maintains existing presumptions that a person reasonably feared imminent death or great bodily harm when defending against unlawful forcible entry into a dwelling, occupied vehicle, business, or place of employment

Effective date of July 1, 2022