ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1687
State of Washington

66th Legislature

2019 Regular Session

By Representatives Stanford, Doglio, Macri, Hansen, Orwall, Appleton,
Jinkins, Ormsby, Valdez, and Davis
Read first time 01/28/19.

Referred to Committee on Public Safety.

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AN ACT Relating to limiting defenses based on victim identity;
adding a new section to chapter 9A.08 RCW; adding a new section to
chapter 9A.16 RCW; and creating a new section.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

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NEW SECTION.
Sec. 1.
A new section is added to chapter 9A.08
RCW to read as follows:
A defendant does not suffer from diminished capacity based on the
discovery of, knowledge about, or potential disclosure of the
victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender
expression, or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in
which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual
advance towards the defendant, or in which the defendant and victim
dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship.

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NEW SECTION.
Sec. 2.
A new section is added to chapter 9A.16
RCW to read as follows:
A person is not justified in using force against another based on
the discovery of, knowledge about, or potential disclosure of the
victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender
expression, or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in
which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual
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advance towards the defendant, or in which the defendant and victim
dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship.

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NEW SECTION.
Sec. 3.
Nikki Kuhnhausen act.

This act may be known and cited as the

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