BILL REQ. #:  H-3725.1 



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HOUSE BILL 2724
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State of Washington61st Legislature2010 Regular Session

By Representatives Hope, Dunshee, Ericks, Pearson, Haler, Taylor, Hurst, O'Brien, Ross, Roach, Simpson, Kelley, Campbell, Kristiansen, Kessler, and Warnick

Read first time 01/12/10.   Referred to Committee on Human Services.



     AN ACT Relating to first degree assault of a child; amending RCW 9A.36.120; and prescribing penalties.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.36.120 and 1992 c 145 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person ((eighteen)) sixteen years of age or older is guilty of the crime of assault of a child in the first degree if the child is under the age of thirteen and the person:
     (a) Commits the crime of assault in the first degree, as defined in RCW 9A.36.011, against the child; or
     (b) Intentionally assaults the child and either:
     (i) Recklessly inflicts great bodily harm; or
     (ii) Causes substantial bodily harm, and the person has previously engaged in a pattern or practice either of (A) assaulting the child which has resulted in bodily harm that is greater than transient physical pain or minor temporary marks, or (B) causing the child physical pain or agony that is equivalent to that produced by torture.
     (2) Assault of a child in the first degree is a class A felony.

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