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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1408

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Patrick, Padden, Lewis, May, Betrozoff, McLean, Butterfield, Chandler, Fuhrman, Doty, D. Sommers, Walker, Brough, Sanders, Silver, Armstrong and Ferguson

Read first time 1/15/88 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to intoxication as a criminal defense; and amending RCW 9A.16.090.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 9A.16.090, chapter 260, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and RCW 9A.16.090 are each amended to read as follows:

          No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication shall be deemed less criminal by reason of his condition, ((but)) and whenever the actual existence of any particular mental state is a necessary element to constitute a particular species or degree of crime, the fact of his voluntary intoxication may not be taken into consideration in determining such mental state.