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.