CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5263
67TH LEGISLATURE
2021 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate March 5, 2021
  Yeas 28  Nays 20
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 8, 2021
  Yeas 56  Nays 42
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5263 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary
Secretary
Approved
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5263
Passed Legislature - 2021 Regular Session
State of Washington
67th Legislature
2021 Regular Session
BySenate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Frockt, Pedersen, Das, Hasegawa, Hunt, Kuderer, Liias, Saldaña, Wellman, and Wilson, C.)
READ FIRST TIME 02/05/21.
AN ACT Relating to defenses in personal injury and wrongful death actions where the person injured or killed was committing a felony; and amending RCW 4.24.420.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 4.24.420 and 1987 c 212 s 901 are each amended to read as follows:
((It))(1) Except in an action arising out of law enforcement activities resulting in personal injury or death, it is a complete defense to any action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death that the person injured or killed was engaged in the commission of a felony at the time of the occurrence causing the injury or death and the felony was a proximate cause of the injury or death. ((However, nothing))
(2) In an action arising out of law enforcement activities resulting in personal injury or death, it is a complete defense to the action that the finder of fact has determined beyond a reasonable doubt that the person injured or killed was engaged in the commission of a felony at the time of the occurrence causing the injury or death, the commission of which was a proximate cause of the injury or death.
(3) Nothing in this section shall affect a right of action under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983.
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