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               BILL REQUEST - CODE REVISER'S OFFICE

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BILL REQ. #:        S-4223.2/02 2nd draft

ATTY/TYPIST:        KT:seg

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:

6782 AMS .... S4223.2

SB 6782 - S AMD

By Senator

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 9A.56.200 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.56.200 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) A person is guilty of robbery in the first degree if:

(a) In the commission of a robbery or of immediate flight therefrom, he or she:

    (((a))) (i) Is armed with a deadly weapon; or

    (((b))) (ii) Displays what appears to be a firearm or other deadly weapon; or

    (((c))) (iii) Inflicts bodily injury; or

(b) He or she commits a robbery within and against a financial institution as defined in RCW 7.88.010 or 35.38.060.

    (2) Robbery in the first degree is a class A felony."

SB 6782 - S AMD

By Senator

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "robbery;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 9A.56.200; and prescribing penalties."

EFFECT:  Robbery within and against a financial institution is robbery in the first degree instead of robbery in the second degree even if no firearm or other weapon is used.

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