Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 17, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 5505
AN ACT CONCERNING SELF-DEFENSE, DEFENSE OF A THIRD PERSON AND ASSISTING IN OR EFFECTING AN ARREST AS AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To permit a defendant to request that a case or charge be dismissed due to an affirmative defense of self-defense, defense of a third person or assisting in or effecting the arrest of a person, and add to the list of factors a court considers when determining conditions of pretrial release of a defendant or arrested person whether such person has any available affirmative defenses.
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
Its course
March 14 to April 17, 2024, 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 action9 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 14 to Apr 17 · stopped34 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 14 to Mar 2814 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 Mar 14 – Mar 28
- Mar 14Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 15Heard in Judiciary Committee
- Mar 28Judiciary Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
- Mar 14REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 15PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 28Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Apr 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 11REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 17RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 17FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 17HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 17FILE NO.Both houses