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HB 408

  • Alabama House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Relating to self-defense, to amend Section 13A-3-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a person's use of physical force in defending himself, herself, or another person is presumed reasonable; to further provide for the immunity received by a person whose use of physical force on another person is justified self-defense; to shift the burden of proving a person's use of physical force is not justified to the state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style

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Crimes & Offenses

Abstract

Crimes & Offenses

Bill Sponsors (1)

Ernie Yarbrough

  • Republican
  • Representative
  • District 7
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Mar 06, 2025

House

Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Judiciary)

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Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary

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