00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 293(JUD)                                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the use of force in defense of persons or property."                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 11.81.335(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (a)  A [EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN (b) OF THIS SECTION, A] person may                                                    
05 use deadly force upon another person when and to the extent                                                             
06   (1)  the use of nondeadly force is justified under AS 11.81.330(a)                                                 
07 [AS 11.81.330]; and                                                                                                     
08   (2)  the person reasonably believes the use of deadly force is necessary                                             
09 for self defense against death, serious physical injury, kidnapping, sexual assault in the                              
10 first degree, sexual assault in the second degree, or robbery in any degree.                                            
11    * Sec. 2.   AS 11.81.350  is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
12  (e)  An occupant of a dwelling is justified in using  physical force, including                                       
13 deadly force, against another person when the other person has made an unlawful entry                                   
14 into the dwelling and when the occupant reasonably believes that the other person has                                   

01 committed a crime in the dwelling, in addition to the uninvited entry, or is committing                                 
02 or intends to commit a crime against a person or property, in addition to the uninvited                                 
03 entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that the other person might use any                                    
04 physical force, no matter how slight, against any occupant.  An occupant of a dwelling                                  
05 using physical force, including deadly  force, in accordance with this subsection is                                    
06 immune from criminal prosecution for the use of the deadly or nondeadly force and                                       
07 from civil liability for injuries or death resulting from the use of the deadly or                                      
08 nondeadly force.                                                                                                        
09    * Sec. 3.  AS 11.81.335(b) is repealed.