BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 6139: Justifiable homicide

Providing additional conditions for justifiable homicide.

Summary

Declares that a person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another person when using deadly force pursuant to RCW 9A.16.050(1)(c) if: (1) The person against whom the deadly force was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered a dwelling, residence, other place of abode, or…

From the Bill Digest (SB 6139), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to justifiable homicide;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6139 (2025–26) Rental payments · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6139 (2023–24) Health subsidy/retirees · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6139 (2019–20) Aerospace tech. innovation · Enacted · Chapter 306, Laws of 2020
SB 6139 (2017–18) Public records/leg. & courts · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6139 (2015–16) Initiative & referendum sigs · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6139 (2013–14) Patient health care info · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6139 (2011–12) Large wild carnivores · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6139 (2009–10) Higher education T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee