BILL REQ. #: H-1929.1

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SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1507
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State of Washington

62nd Legislature

2011 Regular Session

By House General Government Appropriations & Oversight (originally sponsored by Representatives Ladenburg, Klippert, Hurst, Ross, Hope, Armstrong, Kirby, Warnick, Johnson, and Kelley)

READ FIRST TIME 02/23/11.

AN ACT Relating to crimes against pharmacies; and amending RCW 9A.56.200.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.56.200 and 2002 c 85 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of robbery in the first degree if:
     (a) In the commission of a robbery or of immediate flight therefrom, he or she:
     (i) Is armed with a deadly weapon; or
     (ii) Displays what appears to be a firearm or other deadly weapon; or
     (iii) Inflicts bodily injury; ((or))
     (b) He or she commits a robbery within and against a financial institution as defined in RCW 7.88.010 or 35.38.060; or
     (c) He or she commits a robbery of a pharmacy as defined in RCW 18.64.011. "Pharmacy" includes only the portion of the building or store that is licensed by the board of pharmacy.
     (2) Robbery in the first degree is a class A felony.

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