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2019 House Bill 1687: Limiting defenses based on victim identity
Introduced by Rep. Derek Stanford (Bothell) (D) on January 28, 2019
Referred to the House Public Safety Committee on January 28, 2019
Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 4, 2019
Referred to the House Rules Committee on January 28, 2020
Amendment offered by Rep. Brad Klippert (Benton) (R) on February 12, 2020
Specifies that the prohibition on the defenses applies to circumstances involving an unwanted romantic advance or unwanted sexual advance towards the defendant that was nonforcible and noncriminal (rather than an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance towards the defendant).
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 12, 2020
Amendment offered by Rep. Brad Klippert (Benton) (R) on February 12, 2020
Specifies that the provision in the underlying bill pertaining to unlawful use of force applies to circumstances involving an unwanted romantic advance or unwanted sexual advance towards the defendant that was nonforcible and noncriminal (rather than an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance towards the defendant). Corrects a grammatical error.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 12, 2020
Amendment offered by Rep. Sharon Wylie (Vancouver) (D) on February 12, 2020
Provides that the bill will be known and cited as the Nikki Kuhnhausen Act. Corrects a grammatical error.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 12, 2020
Received in the Senate on February 14, 2020
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on February 14, 2020
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 21, 2020
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 5, 2020