BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESSB 5576

SB 5576: Sexual assault procedures

Concerning sexual assault procedures.

Summary

Requires jail and prison facilities to collect biological samples before a convicted person required to provide a sample is released from confinement, and establishes procedures to collect biological samples if such samples are not collected prior to a person's release from confinement.
Requires convicted persons who must provide a biological sample, who will not serve a term of confinement, to be administratively booked at a city or county jail to provide a biological sample.
Requires sentencing courts to create and implement a biological sample collection protocol.
Limits, in a prosecution for sex offenses, evidence of a victim's social media account depicting past sexual behavior to prove the victim's consent or attack the credibility of the victim.

From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Analysis 2023 (ESSB 5576), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

AN ACT Relating to sexual assault procedures;

Passed February 28, 2023

Version voted on: ESSB 5576

47 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	28	0	0	1
Republican	19	0	0	1

How each member voted

Jan 8, 2024Senate Rules "X" file. (ESSB 5576)
Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (ESSB 5576)
Apr 23, 2023By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (ESSB 5576)
Mar 2, 2023First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. (ESSB 5576)
Feb 28, 2023Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. (ESSB 5576)
Feb 28, 2023Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. (ESSB 5576)
Feb 28, 2023Floor amendment(s) adopted. (ESSB 5576)
Feb 28, 20231st substitute bill substituted. (ESSB 5576)
Feb 28, 20231st substitute bill substituted.
Feb 27, 2023Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (ESSB 5576)
Feb 27, 2023Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 7, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (ESSB 5576)
Feb 7, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 2, 2023LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (ESSB 5576)
Feb 2, 2023LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 26, 2023First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

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

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