Proposed Alabama Firearm Legislation HB408
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating to self-defense, to amend Section 13A-3-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a person's use of physical force in defending himself, herself, or another person is presumed reasonable; to further provide for the immunity received by a person whose use of physical force on another person is justified self-defense; to shift the burden of proving a person's use of physical force is not justified to the state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Subject: Crimes & Offenses
Description: Relating to self-defense, to amend Section 13A-3-23, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide a person's use of physical force in defending himself, herself, or another person is presumed reasonable; to further provide for the immunity received by a person whose use of physical force on another person is justified self-defense; to shift the burden of proving a person's use of physical force is not justified to the state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Pending House Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 6, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Ernie Yarbrough (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 105)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 6, 2025 | Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Judiciary |
| House | Mar 6, 2025 | Pending House Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 6, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
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Link: link to state bill page
