EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 394
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CARTER.
0073S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 563.016, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
abolishing civil actions when self-defense is justified.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 563.016, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 563.016, 2
to read as follows:3
563.016. [The fact that conduct is justified under 1
this chapter does not abolish or impair any remedy for such 2
conduct which is available in any civil actions.] 1. This 3
section shall be known and may be cited as the "Keep Your 4
Ground Act". 5
2. No individual shall be held civilly liable for 6
damages resulting from conduct found to be justified under 7
this chapter. 8