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House panel adopts amendment clarifying "perceive" standard in deadly-force law; bill sent to General Register
Summary
The House Public Safety Committee adopted an amendment to House File 538 that inserts "or perceive" into the deadly-force statute language; the bill as amended was re-referred to the General Register.
The House Public Safety Committee on April 2 adopted an amendment to House File 538 that clarifies how officers may evaluate the use of deadly force under state law and re‑referred the bill to the General Register.
The A2 amendment inserts the phrase "or perceive" into the use-of-deadly-force statute and, according to supporters, aligns statutory language with judicial precedent about evaluating an officer's perspective at the time of an incident rather than with the benefit of hindsight. Representative Steer moved the amendment and the…
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