Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Adding "stand your ground" to federal law.
Title: Stand Your Ground Act of 2023
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: A bill 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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 4, 2023
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1445/all-info
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2 sponsors: Markwayne Mullin (R); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 4 2023 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 17 2023 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill