5171-S.EAMHJJFLH2755.1ESSB 5171H COMM AMDBy Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Law Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert thefollowing:NEW SECTION.Sec. The purpose of this act is to ensure thehealth, safety, and general welfare of Washington's school children,teachers, and school staff. The purpose of this act is to giveguidance to principals and their designees regarding their duty toreport incidents to law enforcement officials when it is reasonable tosuspect that a significant crime has occurred. It is the intent of thelegislature to ensure that agents of law enforcement, who are trainedinvestigators, are alerted and called upon to determine whether or notthere is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed inserious cases. This act is also intended to reduce potential tortliability that could arise from unreported criminal activity.NEW SECTION.Sec. A new section is added to chapter 28A.320RCW to read as follows: (1)(a) When a principal or the principal's designee of a school hasreasonable cause to believe that a person has committed, on schoolgrounds or at an event sponsored by the school, a drug offense or acrime against a person that causes severe injury, that schooladministrator shall report such incident, or cause a report to be made,to the proper law enforcement agency. The report may be made bytelephone, in person, or on paper. (b) For purposes of this subsection: (i) "Severe injury" means: Any single act that causes physicaltrauma of sufficient severity that, if left untreated, could causedeath; any sex offense; any single act that causes significant bleedingthat, if left untreated, could cause death or serious physicalimpairment or loss of function; or more than one act, each of which 1 causes significant bleeding that, if left untreated, could cause deathor serious physical impairment or loss of function, bone fracture, orunconsciousness; and (ii) "Crime against a person" has the meaning set out in RCW9.94A.411. (c) The report must be made at the first opportunity, but in nocase longer than seventytwo hours after there is reasonable cause tobelieve that a drug offense or severe injury has occurred. The reportmust include the identity of the accused, if known. (2) A principal or the principal's designee who, in good faith andwithout gross negligence, cooperates in an investigation arising as aresult of a report made pursuant to this section shall not be subjectto civil liability arising out of his or her cooperation. Thissubsection does not apply to a person who committed the acts reportedpursuant to this section. Correct the title.--- END --- 2