Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
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Introduced
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3Passed House
4To Governor
5Became Law
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History
2026
Mar 23Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Latest
Jan 9Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2025
Jul 28Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public SafetyMinor
Jul 28Introduced by Senators Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Spreitzer, Ratcliff, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Smith, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Neubauer, Spaude, Snodgrass, Cruz, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Stroud, Udell, Arney, Clancy, Anderson, Bare, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Roe, Sheehan, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio and ViningIntroduced