6518-S AMH APPE STON 45

SSB 6518 - H AMD 1055 ADOPTED

By Representative Appelwick

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

ASec. 1.  RCW 9A.44.040 and 1983 c 118 s 1 and 1983 c 73 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

     (1) A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person by forcible compulsion where the perpetrator or an accessory:

     (a) Uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon or what appears to be a deadly weapon; or

     (b) Kidnaps the victim; or

     (c) Inflicts serious physical injury, including but not limited to  physical injury which renders the victim unconscious; or

     (d) Feloniously enters into the building or vehicle where the victim is situated.

     (2) Rape in the first degree is a class A felony.@

EFFECT: Clarifies that infliction of serious injury includes any physical injury which renders the victim unconscious.