CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6182

56th Legislature

2000 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 15, 2000

YEAS 47 NAYS 0

President of the Senate

Passed by the House February 29, 2000

YEAS 97 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6182 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Secretary

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6182

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Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators McCaslin and Costa)

Read first time 01/31/2000.

AN ACT Relating to the effect of changes in law on sentencing provisions; adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. This act is intended to cure any ambiguity that might have led to the Washington supreme court's decision in State v. Cruz, Cause No. 67147-8 (October 7, 1999). A decision as to whether a prior conviction shall be included in an individual's offender score should be determined by the law in effect on the day the current offense was committed. This act is also intended to clarify the applicability of statutes creating new sentencing alternatives or modifying the availability of existing alternatives.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 9.94A RCW to read as follows:

Any sentence imposed under this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the law in effect when the current offense was committed.