Arizona 2025 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2529 Compare Versions

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1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: duty to retreat; repeal State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2529 Introduced by Representatives Austin: Abeytia, Cavero, Contreras L, Contreras P, Crews, Garcia, Gutierrez, Liguori, Luna-Njera, Mathis, Sandoval, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Tsosie, Villegas AN ACT amending section 13-405, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to justification. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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80	80	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 13-405, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE13-405. Justification; use of deadly physical force A. A person is justified in threatening or using deadly physical force against another: 1. If such the person would be justified in threatening or using physical force against the other under section 13-404, and 2. When and to the degree a reasonable person would believe that deadly physical force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly physical force. B. A person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using deadly physical force pursuant to this section if the person is in a place where the person may legally be and is not engaged in an unlawful act. END_STATUTE
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82	82	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
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84	84	Section 1. Section 13-405, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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94	94	B. A person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using deadly physical force pursuant to this section if the person is in a place where the person may legally be and is not engaged in an unlawful act. END_STATUTE