SB 5302 - DIGEST

     Declares that, when the death of a person ensues within three years as a proximate result of injury proximately caused by the driving of a vehicle by a person, the driver is guilty of sleeping-driver homicide if, under circumstances not constituting vehicular homicide, the driver:  (1) Fell asleep while operating a motor vehicle; and

     (2) the circumstances leading up to the accident would have indicated to a reasonable person that he or she was likely to fall asleep at the wheel.

     Declares that sleeping-driver homicide is a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.