House File 573 H-1279 Amend House File 573 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 704.1, Code 2011, is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 704.1 Reasonable force. 6 “Reasonable force” is that force and no more which 7 a reasonable person, in like circumstances, would 8 judge to be necessary to prevent an injury or loss 9 and can include deadly force if it is reasonable to 10 believe that such force is necessary to avoid injury 11 or risk to one’s life or safety or the life or safety 12 of another, or it is reasonable to believe that such 13 force is necessary to resist a like force or threat. 14 Reasonable force, including deadly force, may be used 15 even if an alternative course of action is available if 16 the alternative entails a risk to life or safety, or 17 the life or safety of a third party , or requires one 18 to abandon or retreat from one’s dwelling or place of 19 business or employment . Reasonable force, including 20 deadly force, may also be used and is presumed to be 21 justified even if an alternative course of action is 22 available if the alternative requires one to abandon 23 or retreat from one’s dwelling or place of business or 24 employment. > 25 2. Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking < and 26 providing a remedy > 27 ______________________________ R. OLSON of Polk -1- HF573.1390 (3) 84 jm/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.