| VETO MESSAGE ON E2SHB 1206 |
| April 13, 2011 |
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members, |
| The House of Representatives of the State of Washington |
| Ladies and Gentlemen: |
| I have approved, except for Section 3 and Section 4, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1206 entitled: |
"AN ACT Relating to harassment against criminal justice participants." |
| Section 3 directs the sentencing guidelines commission to report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the number of prosecutions for criminal harassment of a criminal justice participant. Several bills now before the legislature either eliminate the sentencing guidelines commission or eliminate it as a regularly standing commission. The data identified in this section will be retained by a yet to be identified agency. Therefore, I am vetoing Section 3 and the appropriate committees of the legislature may request the data from the appropriate agency. |
| Section 4 causes the act to expire July 1, 2018. I believe the legislature should monitor the impact of the act and affirmatively take action to amend or repeal particular aspects of the act at a future date, if needed. Therefore, I am vetoing Section 4. |
| For these reasons, I have vetoed Section 3 and Section 4 of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1206. |
| With the exception of Section 3 and Section 4, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1206 is approved. |
| Respectfully submitted, |
| Christine Gregoire |
| Governor |