Criminal Law - Self-Defense - Prior Acts by Victim

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HOUSE BILL 1406

E1 6lr3086

By: Delegates Smith, Embry, and Ruff

Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026

Assigned to: Judiciary

A BILL ENTITLED

1 AN ACT concerning

2 Criminal Law – Self–Defense – Prior Acts by Victim

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

3.1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 29%, measured from MD's completed sessions
Momentum -4 31/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 237 days quiet

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