another measure that doesn't appear to have made the final cut on today's judiciary committee's agenda: the so-called Castle Doctine bill that would have created "a presumption that it is reasonable to believe deadly physical force is necessary to defend oneself from a person who has unlawfully entered a dwelling."
According to the Office of Legislative Research, the Castle Doctrine "provides that someone attacked in his home can use reasonable force, which can include deadly force, to protect his or another's life without any duty to retreat from the attacker.''
The committee's deadline for approving bills is 5 p.m. today.