BILL REQ. #:  S-4917.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/03/06.   

     AN ACT Relating to creating the crime of failure to cooperate with law enforcement regarding another's failure to register; adding a new section to chapter 9A.76 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 9A.76 RCW to read as follows:
     Any person who has reason to believe that a person is not complying, or has not complied, with the requirements of RCW 9A.44.130 and who, with the intent to assist that person in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to find the person to question him or her about, or to arrest him or her for, his or her noncompliance with the requirements of RCW 9A.44.130:
     (1) Knowingly provides false information to a law enforcement agency about the person's noncompliance with the requirements of RCW 9A.44.130, and, if known, the person's whereabouts;
     (2) Harbors or attempts to harbor, or assists another in harboring or attempting to harbor, the person;
     (3) Conceals or attempts to conceal, or assists another in concealing or attempting to conceal, the person; or
     (4) Provides information to the law enforcement agency regarding the person with the knowledge that it is false information
is guilty of failure to cooperate with law enforcement regarding another's failure to register, which is a class C felony.