Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on January 11, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 5172
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFENSE OF A PERSON'S HOME.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To fully adopt the "castle doctrine" by establishing a rebuttable presumption that when a homeowner believes it necessary to use deadly force to repel an intruder then that belief is a reasonable belief.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
Its course
January 11 to January 11, 2011, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 11 to Jan 11 · stopped0 days
Judiciary CommitteeJan 11 to Jan 11 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 11
- Jan 11Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 11REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses