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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 211

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Relating to: self-defense for victims of sex trafficking.

Crime and criminals Crime victim Criminal identification and investigation Sex crimes Shared revenue

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, there are several defenses to criminal liability, including

self-defense. One such defense allows a person to intentionally use force that is

intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm if the person reasonably

believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm

to himself or herself.

This bill provides that a victim of sex trafficking has a privilege of self-defense

for the use of force against a sex trafficker if the victim believed that the use of force

was necessary to prevent or terminate an unlawful interference with his or her

person or that the use of force was necessary to escape from sex trafficking.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Smith (D) , Wanggaard (R)

19 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Fields (D) , Haywood (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kulp (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 30, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 30, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 15, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bernier, Johnson, Carpenter, Jacque, Kooyenga, Ringhand, Risser, Smith and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Bowen, Ramthun, Haywood, Brostoff, Crowley, Dittrich, Emerson, Fields, Horlacher, Kulp, Sinicki, Snyder, Sortwell, Spreitzer, Stubbs, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Vining and Vruwink

  2. May 15, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Aug 14, 2019 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bernier

  4. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 29, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 30, 2020 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Jan 30, 2020 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Jan 30, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1