CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL
5190
Chapter
373, Laws of 1995
54th
Legislature
1995
Regular Session
TATTOOING
OF MINORS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/23/95
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Passed by
the Senate April 17, 1995
YEAS 43 NAYS 0
JOEL PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
Passed by
the House April 5, 1995
YEAS 80 NAYS 15
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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.
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CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
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MARTY BROWN
Secretary
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Approved
May 16, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style
Off Codes below.
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FILED
May
16, 1995 - 11:23 a.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5190
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
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.
Passed
the Senate April 17, 1995.
Passed
the House April 5, 1995.
Approved by the Governor May 16, 1995.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State May 16, 1995.