BILL REQ. #:  S-3556.1 

Read first time 01/11/10.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to rendering criminal assistance in the first degree; amending RCW 9A.76.070; and prescribing penalties.

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

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.))