2341-S AMH DEBO KOST 380

SHB 2341 - H AMD 789

By Representative DeBolt

ADOPTED 02/18/2014

    On page 2, beginning on line 16 after "It is" strike all material through "contact" on line 18 and insert "an affirmative defense that the defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the victim consented to the sexual contact with the knowledge that the sexual contact was not for the purpose of religious or spiritual counseling, aid, comfort, assistance, or guidance"

EFFECT:   Clarifies that it is an affirmative defense that the victim consented to the sexual contact with the knowledge that the sexual contact was not for the purpose of religious or spiritual counseling, aid, comfort, assistance, or guidance and establishes that the defendant bears the burden of proving this defense by a preponderance of the evidence.

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