PRINTER'S NO. 131
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
167
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SACCONE, BAKER, MUSTIO, ORTITAY, ROTHMAN, WARD,
KNOWLES, DUNBAR, DIAMOND, BLOOM, MILLARD, REESE, ZIMMERMAN,
GROVE, KAUFFMAN, GILLEN AND GABLER, JANUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general principles of
justification, further providing for use of force in self-
protection.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 505(b)(2.3) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 505. Use of force in self-protection.
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(b) Limitations on justifying necessity for use of force.--
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(2.3) An actor who is not engaged in a criminal
activity, who is not in illegal possession of a firearm and
who is attacked in any place where the actor would have a
duty to retreat under paragraph (2)(ii), has no duty to
retreat and has the right to stand his ground and use force,
including deadly force, if all of the following subparagraphs
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