State Rep. Alan Williams on Monday again filed legislation that would repeal provisions of the state’s controversial Stand Your Ground law.
He did so for the spring’s regular session, but that bill did not get a single committee hearing in the Florida House. The bill Williams filed Monday, identical to legislation from earlier in the year, may now have a shot at a hearing in the wake of George Zimmerman’s not-guilty verdict in the death of Trayvon Martin.
“Others may want to put forward a reform package,” Williams said. “I put forward a repealer to start over.”
While Dream Defenders protesters occupied the Capitol for a month, demanding among other things a special session of the Legislature to address Stand Your Ground, Speaker Will Weatherford said he would allow House hearings on the self-defense law passed in 2005. The hearings, Weatherford said, would take place in Chairman Matt Gaetz’s Criminal Justice Subcommittee.
Williams was a prominent supporter of Dream Defenders.
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