BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 2395: Strangulation & suffocation

Improving public safety by deterring assaults involving strangulation or suffocation.

Summary

Establishes that consent is not a defense to Assault in the second degree involving strangulation or suffocation.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 2395), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to improving public safety by deterring assaults involving strangulation or suffocation;

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.

HB 2395 (2025–26) Private docks and buoys · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2395 (2019–20) Licensure/military spouses · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2395 (2017–18) Supplemental capital budget · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2395 (2015–16) Condominium conversion fee · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2395 (2013–14) Biliteracy seal/HS students · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2395 (2011–12) Drayage truck operators · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2395 (2009–10) Repealing chapter 77.110 RCW · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2395 (2007–08) State lands · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 504, Laws of 2007