CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6258



62nd Legislature
2012 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 8, 2012
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House February 27, 2012
  YEAS 96   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6258 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6258
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Passed Legislature - 2012 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2012 Regular Session

By Senate Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Stevens, Carrell, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Delvin, Regala, and Roach)

READ FIRST TIME 02/03/12.   



     AN ACT Relating to unaccompanied persons; amending RCW 9A.40.090; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.40.090 and 1995 c 156 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     A person commits the crime of luring if the person:
     (1)(a) Orders, lures, or attempts to lure a minor or a person with a developmental disability into any area or structure that is obscured from or inaccessible to the public, or away from any area or structure constituting a bus terminal, airport terminal, or other transportation terminal, or into a motor vehicle;
     (b) Does not have the consent of the minor's parent or guardian or of the guardian of the person with a developmental disability; and
     (c) Is unknown to the child or developmentally disabled person.
     (2) It is a defense to luring, which the defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence, that the defendant's actions were reasonable under the circumstances and the defendant did not have any intent to harm the health, safety, or welfare of the minor or the person with the developmental disability.
     (3) For purposes of this section:
     (a) "Minor" means a person under the age of sixteen;
     (b) "Person with a developmental disability" means a person with a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020.
     (4) Luring is a class C felony.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect January 1, 2013.

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