CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1243

                   Chapter 142, Laws of 2001

                        57th Legislature

                2001 Regular Legislative Session

ALCOHOL OR DRUG TESTS--EVIDENCE

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the House March 13, 2001   Yeas 98   Nays 0               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 10, 2001   Yeas 47   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1243  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved May 2, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                              May 2, 2001 - 10:34 a.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 1243

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             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Hurst, Esser, Carrell, Lovick, Lantz and Lambert

Read first time 01/22/2001.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Changing provisions relating to the admissibility into evidence of a refusal to submit to a test of alcohol or drug concentration. 

    AN ACT Relating to the admissibility into evidence of a refusal to submit to a test of alcohol or drug concentration; and amending RCW 46.61.517.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.61.517 and 1987 c 373 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    The refusal of a person to submit to a test of the ((alcoholic content of)) alcohol or drug concentration in the person's blood or breath under RCW 46.20.308 is admissible into evidence at a subsequent criminal trial.

    Passed the House March 13, 2001.

    Passed the Senate April 10, 2001.

Approved by the Governor May 2, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 2, 2001.