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HB 2262 - H AMD 253 ADOPTED 6/5/01

By Representative Lambert

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

     ASec. 1.  RCW 9A.44.093 and 1994 c 271 s 306 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) A person is guilty of sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degree when:  (a) The person has, or knowingly causes another person under the age of eighteen to have, sexual intercourse with another person who is at least sixteen years old but less than eighteen years old and not married to the perpetrator, if the perpetrator is at least sixty months older than the victim, is in a significant relationship to the victim, and abuses a supervisory position within that relationship in order to engage in or cause another person under the age of eighteen to engage in sexual intercourse with the victim; or (b) the person is a school employee who has, or knowingly causes another person under the age of eighteen to have, sexual intercourse with a registered student of the school who is at least sixteen years old and not married to the employee, if the employee is at least sixty months older than the student.

     (2) Sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degree is a class C felony.

     (3) For the purposes of this section, "school employee" means an employee of a common school defined in RCW 28A.150.020, or a grade kindergarten through twelve employee of a private school under chapter 28A.195 RCW, who is not enrolled as a student of the common school or private school.

 

     Sec. 2.  RCW 9A.44.096 and 1994 c 271 s 307 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) A person is guilty of sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree when:  (a) The person has, or knowingly causes another person under the age of eighteen to have, sexual contact with another person who is at least sixteen years old but less than eighteen years old and not married to the perpetrator, if the perpetrator is at least sixty months older than the victim, is in a significant relationship to the victim, and abuses a supervisory position within that relationship in order to engage in or cause another person under the age of eighteen to engage in sexual contact with the victim; or (b) the person is a school employee who has, or knowingly causes another person under the age of eighteen to have, sexual contact with a registered student of the school who is at least sixteen years old and not married to the employee, if the employee is at least sixty months older than the student.

     (2) Sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor.

     (3) For the purposes of this section, "school employee" means an employee of a common school defined in RCW 28A.150.020, or a grade kindergarten through twelve employee of a private school under chapter 28A.195 RCW, who is not enrolled as a student of the common school or private school.@


 


 

EFFECT: Provides that a person is guilty of sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degree or second degree the person is a school employee who has, or knowingly causes another person under the age of eighteen to have, sexual intercourse or sexual contact with a registered student of the school who is at least sixteen years old and not married to the employee, if the employee is at least sixty months older than the student.

 

 

 

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