Proposed H.B. No. 5597
Session Year 2025

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

To eliminate the requirement that a person in a house of religious worship retreat before using deadly force to defend himself or herself or a third person.

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