FINAL BILL REPORT
SB 6012
C 277 L 87
BYSenators McCaslin and Tanner
Revising provisions relating to indecent exposure.
Senate Committee on Judiciary
House Committe on Judiciary
SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED
BACKGROUND:
A 1983 Washington Court of Appeals decision held that, under the current statute, an exposure of one's person must occur in a public place to constitute the crime of public indecency. It remains doubtful whether an individual can be convicted of public indecency where the offense occurs in a private place.
SUMMARY:
The crime of public indecency is renamed as the crime of indecent exposure. For a person to be guilty of the crime of indecent exposure, the exposure must be made intentionally.
A police officer with probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing an act of indecent exposure may arrest that person without a warrant.
VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:
Senate 49 0
House 97 0 (House amended)
Senate (Senate refused to concur)
House (House refused to recede)
Free Conference Committee
House 96 0
Senate 46 0
EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987