CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6182

                    Chapter 26, Laws of 2000

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

SENTENCING

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the Senate February 15, 2000   YEAS 47   NAYS 0                BRAD OWEN President of the Senate Passed by the House February 29, 2000   YEAS 97   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6182 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives	TONY M. COOK                             Secretary
FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved March 17, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                      March 17, 2000 - 2:41 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6182

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators McCaslin and Costa)

Read first time 01/31/2000.

Specifying the effect that changes in law will have on sentencing provisions.  

    AN ACT Relating to the effect of changes in law on sentencing provisions; adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  This act is intended to cure any ambiguity that might have led to the Washington supreme court's decision in State v. Cruz, Cause No. 67147-8 (October 7, 1999).  A decision as to whether a prior conviction shall be included in an individual's offender score should be determined by the law in effect on the day the current offense was committed.  This act is also intended to clarify the applicability of statutes creating new sentencing alternatives or modifying the availability of existing alternatives.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 9.94A RCW to read as follows:

    Any sentence imposed under this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the law in effect when the current offense was committed.

    Passed the Senate February 15, 2000.

    Passed the House February 29, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 17, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 17, 2000.