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2017 House Bill 1543: Concerning parental rights and responsibilities of sexual assault perpetrators and survivors
Introduced by Rep. Beth Doglio (Olympia) (D) on January 23, 2017
Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on January 23, 2017
Substitute offered in the House on February 9, 2017
Creates a court process under the Uniform Parentage Act to restrict parental rights and establish child support obligations in cases in which the child was conceived as the result of a sexual assault.
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 14, 2017
Received in the Senate on March 1, 2017
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on March 1, 2017
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 29, 2017
Amendment offered by Sen. Jamie Pedersen (Seattle) (D) on April 20, 2017
Clarifies that the four year filing limit does not apply when, under RCW 26.26.525, the child has no presumed or adjudicated second parent and no acknowledged father.
For two years after this act's effective date, a court may waive the four year filing limit if a criminal case or a separate civil case found that the presumed, adjudicated, or acknowledged parent committed a sexual assault against the child's other parent resulting in the child's birth.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 20, 2017
Received in the House on April 21, 2017
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 5, 2017