CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1001



58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 22, 2003
  Yeas 97   Nays 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 17, 2003
  Yeas 48   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1001 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1001
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Lantz, Chase, Ruderman, Fromhold, Dickerson, Conway, Schindler, Veloria, O'Brien, Kenney, Campbell, Nixon and Darneille)

READ FIRST TIME 01/21/03.   



     AN ACT Relating to voyeurism; amending RCW 9A.44.115; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.44.115 and 1998 c 221 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) As used in this section:
     (a) "Intimate areas" means any portion of a person's body or undergarments that is covered by clothing and intended to be protected from public view;
     (b)
"Photographs" or "films" means the making of a photograph, motion picture film, videotape, digital image, or any other recording or transmission of the image of a person;
     (((b))) (c) "Place where he or she would have a reasonable expectation of privacy" means:
     (i) A place where a reasonable person would believe that he or she could disrobe in privacy, without being concerned that his or her undressing was being photographed or filmed by another; or
     (ii) A place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from casual or hostile intrusion or surveillance;
     (((c))) (d) "Surveillance" means secret observation of the activities of another person for the purpose of spying upon and invading the privacy of the person;
     (((d))) (e) "Views" means the intentional looking upon of another person for more than a brief period of time, in other than a casual or cursory manner, with the unaided eye or with a device designed or intended to improve visual acuity.
     (2) A person commits the crime of voyeurism if, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person, he or she knowingly views, photographs, or films:
     (a) A
nother person((,)) without that person's knowledge and consent((,)) while the person being viewed, photographed, or filmed is in a place where he or she would have a reasonable expectation of privacy; or
     (b) The intimate areas of another person without that person's knowledge and consent and under circumstances where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, whether in a public or private place
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     (3) Voyeurism is a class C felony.
     (4) This section does not apply to viewing, photographing, or filming by personnel of the department of corrections or of a local jail or correctional facility for security purposes or during investigation of alleged misconduct by a person in the custody of the department of corrections or the local jail or correctional facility.
     (5) If a person is convicted of a violation of this section, the court may order the destruction of any photograph, motion picture film, digital image, videotape, or any other recording of an image that was made by the person in violation of this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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