Bill > H0293

This bill modifies Florida's "stand your ground" law, which allows individuals to use force, including deadly force, without retreating if they reasonably believe it's necessary to prevent death, great bodily harm, or a forcible felony. The changes clarify that this right to stand one's ground and meet force with force is triggered by an "overt act" by the attacker, meaning a clear, open action that leads the person being attacked to believe deadly force is necessary. The bill also introduces a new definition for "unlawful activity" as any activity prohibited by state law. Crucially, the immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits for using justifiable force will not apply if a child or an uninvolved bystander is injured, or if the person using force injures a law enforcement officer acting in their official duties and the officer identified themselves or their status was otherwise known.