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Washington · Through July 15, 2026

RCW 9A.08.040: Diminished capacity—Victim identity.

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  1. Title 9A
  2. Chapter 9A.08

A defendant does not suffer from diminished capacity based on the discovery of, knowledge about, or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance towards the defendant, or in which the defendant and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship.

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