6400-S2 AAS 2/11/00 S4787.1

2SSB 6400 - S AMD - 0093

By Senators Hargrove, Long, Costa, Fairley and Heavey

                                                   ADOPTED 2/11/00

    On page 44, line 30, after "section." insert "In determining whether a violation occurred, the court shall consider the totality of the circumstances.  It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating an order by knowingly coming or remaining within a specified distance of another person that the person charged did not initiate the contact and did not unreasonably continue the contact."

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