Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Making stand your ground a federal statute.
Title: Stand Your Ground Act of 2023
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an affirmative defense for certain criminal violations, and for other purposes.
Session: 118th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2023
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3142/all-info
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9 sponsors: Matt Gaetz (R); Andy Biggs (R); Paul Gosar (R); Eric Burlison (R); Marjorie Greene (R); Mary Miller (R); Scott Franklin (R); Randy Weber (R); Bill Posey (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 9 2023 | Introduced in House |
| House | May 9 2023 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 22 2023 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill