CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

             ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5190

 

 

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 17, 1995

  YEAS 43   NAYS 0

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 5, 1995

  YEAS 80   NAYS 15

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5190 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

                                 Secretary

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                     FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington

          _______________________________________________

 

               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5190

          _______________________________________________

 

                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Pelz, Smith and Heavey)

 

Read first time 02/07/95.

 

Making it a crime to tattoo a person under age eighteen without parental consent.


    AN ACT Relating to tattooing of minors; adding a new section to chapter 26.28 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 26.28 RCW to read as follows:

    Every person who applies a tattoo to any minor under the age of eighteen is guilty of a misdemeanor.  It is not a defense to a violation of this section that the person applying the tattoo did not know the minor's age unless the person applying the tattoo establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she made a reasonable, bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of the minor by requiring production of a driver's license or other picture identification card or paper and did not rely solely on the oral allegations or apparent age of the minor.

    For the purposes of this section, "tattoo" includes any permanent marking or coloring of the skin with any pigment, ink, or dye, or any procedure that leaves a visible scar on the skin.  Medical procedures performed by a licensed physician are exempted from this section.

 

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