HOUSE BILL REPORT
SB 5039
As Reported By House Committee On:
Law & Justice
Title: An act relating to luring.
Brief Description: Clarifying the elements of the crime of luring.
Sponsors: Senator Fairley.
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
Law & Justice: 3/17/95, 3/21/95 [DPA].
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LAW & JUSTICE
Majority Report: Do pass as amended. Signed by 16 members: Representatives Padden, Chairman; Hickel, Vice Chairman; Appelwick, Ranking Minority Member; Costa, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Campbell; Carrell; Chappell; Cody; Lambert; McMahan; Morris; Robertson; Sheahan; Smith; Thibaudeau and Veloria.
Staff: Pat Shelledy (786-7149).
Background: The crime of luring is committed if, without the parent's or guardian's consent, a stranger orders or lures a minor or a person with a developmental disability into a motor vehicle or into a structure that is obscured from or inaccessible to the public. A minor is child under age 16. Luring is a class C felony.
Summary of Amended Bill: The elements of the crime of luring are expanded to include luring a minor or a person with a developmental disability into any area that is obscured from or inaccessible to the public, whether or not the area is a structure.
Amended Bill Compared to Substitute Bill: Reference to "developmentally disabled person" is changed to "person with a developmental disability."
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date of Amended Bill: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: The state has been unable to prosecute some cases of luring because the person did not take the child into a "structure" or "motor vehicle" but tried to lure the child into an enclosed area obscured from view.
Testimony Against: None.
Testified: Senator Fairley, prime sponsor (pro); Mike Patrick and Detective Tim Wear, Washington State Council of Police Officers (pro); and Bill Sellars, Washington Assembly for Citizens with Disabilities (pro, with concerns).