Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on January 27, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 729
AN ACT CONCERNING THE JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE BY A HOMEOWNER AGAINST AN INTRUDER.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To permit a homeowner to justifiably use physical force to respond in kind to an intruder by creating a presumption that it is reasonable for a homeowner to believe that an intruder is about to use deadly force or inflict great bodily harm.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 27 to January 27, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action1 action on 1 day
In the SenateJan 27 to Jan 27 · stopped0 days
Judiciary CommitteeJan 27 to Jan 27 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 27
- Jan 27Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses