HB 1442 - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Revises RCW 9A.36.031 to provide penalties for assault on a person employed as a transit operator or driver, the immediate supervisor of a transit operator or driver, a mechanic, or a security officer, by a public or private transit company or a contracted transit service provider, while that person is performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault, or a school bus driver, the immediate supervisor of a driver, a mechanic, or a security officer, employed by a school district transportation service or a private company under contract for transportation services with a school district, while the person is performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault.

     Provides that such an assault is a class C felony.