6293-S AMH HURS WALK 122

SSB 6293 - H AMD 1559

By Representative Hurst

ADOPTED 3/09/2010

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1. RCW 9A.76.070 and 2003 c 53 s 83 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) A person is guilty of rendering criminal assistance in the first degree if he or she renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed or is being sought for murder in the first degree or any class A felony or equivalent juvenile offense.

    (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, rendering criminal assistance in the first degree is a class ((C)) B felony.

    (b) Rendering criminal assistance in the first degree is a gross misdemeanor if it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the actor is a relative as defined in RCW 9A.76.060 and under the age of eighteen at the time of the offense.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act may be known and cited as Randy's law."

    Correct the title.

EFFECT:  Makes Rendering Criminal Assistance 1 a class B felony offense unless the offender is under the age of 18 and related to the offender in which case the offense is a gross misdemeanor offense. Provides that the act be known as Randy's Law.

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