BILL REQ. #: H-1670.1

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1507
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State of Washington

62nd Legislature

2011 Regular Session

By House Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Ladenburg, Klippert, Hurst, Ross, Hope, Armstrong, Kirby, Warnick, Johnson, and Kelley)

READ FIRST TIME 02/16/11.

AN ACT Relating to crimes against pharmacies; and amending RCW 9A.56.200.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.56.200 and 2002 c 85 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of robbery in the first degree if:
     (a) In the commission of a robbery or of immediate flight therefrom, he or she:
     (i) Is armed with a deadly weapon; or
     (ii) Displays what appears to be a firearm or other deadly weapon; or
     (iii) Inflicts bodily injury; ((or))
     (b) He or she commits a robbery within and against a financial institution as defined in RCW 7.88.010 or 35.38.060; or
     (c) He or she commits a robbery of a pharmacy as defined in RCW 18.64.011(21).
     (2) Robbery in the first degree is a class A felony.

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