BILL REQ. #:  H-3686.1 

Read first time 01/13/2006.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to threats with a firearm against persons involved in school activities; adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 9.41 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, acting alone or with others, to threaten to use a firearm against any persons on public or private elementary or secondary school premises, school-provided transportation, or areas of facilities while being used exclusively by public or private schools, who are engaged in the peaceful discharge of their studies, duties, or activities; or to communicate or repeat any information concerning such a threatened use of a firearm, knowing such information to be false and with intent to alarm the person or persons to whom the information is communicated or repeated.
     (2) It shall not be a defense to any prosecution under this section that the threatened use of a firearm was a hoax.
     (3) A violation of this section is a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.