The proposal, sponsored by Sens. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, and Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale, won bipartisan support on the Senate Judiciary Committee. It also received nods from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida Sheriffs Association, the state public defenders association and the NAACP.
“We definitely support a bipartisan fix” to Stand Your Ground, NAACP general counsel Kim Keenan said.
Despite the early success in the Senate, it was too soon to tell if a similar proposal would win support in the lower chamber.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, the House point person on Stand Your Ground, has said he opposes any changes to the law. And the revisions offered by Simmons and Smith were unlikely to change his mind, he said Tuesday.
