SENATE BILL REPORT
HB 2628
As Reported By Senate Committee On:
Law & Justice, February 26, 1998
Title: An act relating to manufacture of methamphetamine.
Brief Description: Increasing the penalty for manufacture of methamphetamine.
Sponsors: Representatives Schoesler, Quall, Costa, O'Brien, Dunshee, Ballasiotes, Dyer, Thompson, Wolfe and Lambert; by request of Governor Locke.
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Law & Justice: 2/26/98 [DP].
SENATE COMMITTEE ON LAW & JUSTICE
Majority Report: Do pass.
Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Goings, Hargrove, Kline, Long, McCaslin, Stevens and Thibaudeau.
Staff: Aldo Melchiori (786-7439)
Background: Methamphetamine is a schedule II drug. A person convicted of manufacturing, delivering, or possessing with the intent to manufacture or deliver methamphetamine is guilty of a B felony ranked at level VIII on the sentencing grid (21 to 27 months for a first offense).
Summary of Bill: The manufacture of methamphetamine is ranked at level X on the sentencing grid (51 to 68 months for a first offense).
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect on July 1, 1998.
Testimony For: None.
Testimony Against: None.
Testified: No one.