CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6177

Chapter 11, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session



CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/1/04

Passed by the Senate February 13, 2004
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 2, 2004
  YEAS 94   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6177 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved March 11, 2004.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 11, 2004 - 4:22 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6177
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Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senators Eide, Brandland and Winsley

Read first time 01/14/2004.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to criminal impersonation; amending RCW 9A.60.040 and 9A.60.045; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.60.040 and 2003 c 53 s 78 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the first degree if the person:
     (a) Assumes a false identity and does an act in his or her assumed character with intent to defraud another or for any other unlawful purpose; or
     (b) Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization or a public servant and does an act in his or her pretended capacity with intent to defraud another or for any other unlawful purpose.
     (2) Criminal impersonation in the first degree is a ((gross misdemeanor)) class C felony.

Sec. 2   RCW 9A.60.045 and 2003 c 53 s 79 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree if the person:
     (a) Claims to be a law enforcement officer or creates an impression that he or she is a law enforcement officer; and
     (b) Under circumstances not amounting to criminal impersonation in the first degree, does an act with intent to convey the impression that he or she is acting in an official capacity and a reasonable person would believe the person is a law enforcement officer.
     (2) Criminal impersonation in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act takes effect July 1, 2004.


         Passed by the Senate February 13, 2004.
         Passed by the House March 2, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 11, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 11, 2004.