HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 2752

BYRepresentatives Moyer, Jones, Padden, Wolfe, Hargrove, Wineberry, Rector, D. Sommers, Crane, Dellwo, Schmidt, Brumsickle, Winsley, Bowman, Kremen, Heavey, Tate, May, Brough, Kirby, Wood, Schoon, Todd and Day

Pertaining to depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

House Committe on Judiciary

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  (13)

      Signed by Representatives Appelwick, Chair; Crane, Vice Chair; Padden, Ranking Republican Member; Forner, Hargrove, Inslee, P. King, R. Meyers, Moyer, H. Myers, D. Sommers, Tate and Wineberry.

House Staff:Regina Jones (786-7191)

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY FEBRUARY 1, 1990

BACKGROUND:

Chapter 9.68A RCW governs crimes and punishments involving sexual exploitation of children.  The chapter defines sexually explicit conduct and other operative definitions to create a line between protected and prohibited conduct.  The provisions in the chapter are not intended to inhibit legitimate scientific, medical or educational activities.

A person who knowingly possesses visual or printed matter depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. "Visual or printed matter" means any photograph or other material that contains a reproduction of a photograph.

SUMMARY:

SUBSTITUTE BILL: Visual or printed matter depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct includes undeveloped film, photographic negative, photograph, motion picture, videotape, or any other pictorial reproduction in any form.

The Blue Ribbon Panel on Special Sexual Offender Sentencing Alternatives must consider whether individuals convicted of offenses involving child pornography or pornography should be eligible for treatment.

SUBSTITUTE BILL COMPARED TO ORIGINAL:  The seriousness level VII ranking is removed and the Blue Ribbon Panel on Special Sexual Offender Sentencing Alternatives is directed to consider whether individuals convicted of offenses involving pornography should be eligible for treatment.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Prime Sponsor.

House Committee - Testified Against:      No one.

House Committee - Testimony For:    We need to look at "before the fact" crimes of sexual predators as an indicator of the individual's potential dangerousness.  Child pornography is reprehensible.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None.