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2019 Senate Bill 5885: Creating an exemption to hearsay for child sex trafficking victims
Introduced by Sen. Mike Padden (Spokane Valley) (R) on February 11, 2019
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on February 11, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 21, 2019
Authorizes the admission of a hearsay statement in a criminal court proceeding when the statement is made by a child under the age of sixteen describing an act of trafficking or an act associated with commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 22, 2019
Received in the House on March 12, 2019
Referred to the House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2019
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on April 19, 2019