CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6138
53rd Legislature
1994 Regular Session
Passed by the Senate March 8, 1994 YEAS 45 NAYS 0
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 3, 1994 YEAS 98 NAYS 0 |
CERTIFICATE
I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6138 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. |
Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington |
Secretary of State State of Washington |
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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6138
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators A. Smith and Nelson)
Read first time 01/27/94.
AN ACT Relating to obstructing a law enforcement officer; amending RCW 9A.76.020; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9A.76.020 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.76.020 are each amended to read as follows:
((Every person who,
(1) without lawful excuse shall refuse or knowingly fail to make or furnish any
statement, report, or information lawfully required of him by a public servant,
or (2) in any such statement or report shall make any knowingly untrue statement
to a public servant, or (3) shall knowingly hinder, delay, or obstruct any
public servant in the discharge of his official powers or duties; shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.))
(1) A person is guilty of obstructing a law enforcement officer if the person:
(a) Willfully makes a false or misleading statement to a law enforcement officer who has detained the person during the course of a lawful investigation or lawful arrest; or
(b) Willfully hinders, delays, or obstructs any law enforcement officer in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties.
(2) "Law enforcement officer" means any general authority, limited authority, or specially commissioned Washington peace officer or federal peace officer as those terms are defined in RCW 10.93.020, and other public officers who are responsible for enforcement of fire, building, zoning, and life and safety codes.
(3) Obstructing a law enforcement officer is a gross misdemeanor.
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