---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting defenses based on victim identity."
description: "Limiting defenses based on victim identity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1687"
citation: "Washington HB 1687 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2020-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6c5c4fb-4b61-4403-a282-28f72721a0d1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1687&year=2019"
source_hash: "a067329ab0522a40b7147bae24a08f608fb77f058753b957edc43375c039dd04"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1687 (2019-2020) — Limiting defenses based on victim identity.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1687.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1687.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#47) — **90–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-28** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-05** Chapter 3, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-05** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6c5c4fb-4b61-4403-a282-28f72721a0d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).