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SENATE BILL 5242
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senators Jesernig, A. Smith, Loveland, Prentice, Bauer, Williams, Hargrove, Drew, M. Rasmussen, Snyder, McAuliffe, Wojahn, Quigley, Oke, Fraser, Winsley and Spanel
Read first time 01/19/93. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to incest; amending RCW 9A.64.020; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9A.64.020 and 1985 c 53 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A person is guilty of incest in the first
degree if he or she engages in sexual intercourse with a person whom he or
she knows to be related to him((, either legitimately or illegitimately,))
or her as an ancestor, descendant, brother, or sister of either the
whole or the half blood.
(2) A person is guilty of incest in the second
degree if he or she engages in sexual contact with a person whom he or
she knows to be related to him((, either legitimately or illegitimately,))
or her as an ancestor, descendant, brother, or sister of either the
whole or the half blood.
(3) As used in this section, "ancestor" means direct lineal ancestors.
(4) As used in this section,
"descendant" ((includes)) means direct lineal descendants,
adopted children, and stepchildren ((and adopted children)) under
eighteen years of age.
(((4))) (5) As used in this
section, "sexual contact" has the same meaning as in RCW ((9A.44.100(2)))
9A.44.010(2).
(((5))) (6) As used in this
section, "sexual intercourse" has the same meaning as in RCW
9A.44.010(1).
(((6))) (7) Incest in the first
degree where one person is less than twelve years old and the other person
is at least forty-eight months older is a class A felony. In all other cases,
incest in the first degree is a class B felony.
(((7))) (8) Incest in the second
degree is a class C felony.
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