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