CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1632

                    Chapter 39, Laws of 2001

                        57th Legislature

                2001 Regular Legislative Session

DIGITAL SIGNATURES--FRAUD

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the House March 9, 2001   Yeas 94   Nays 1              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 4, 2001   Yeas 48   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1632 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

ROSA FRANKLIN President of the Senate

Approved April 17, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            April 17, 2001 - 9:03 a.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1632

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             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By House Committee on Technology, Telecommunications & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Ruderman, Anderson, Schual‑Berke and Casada; by request of Department of Information Services)

Read first time 02/26/2001.  Referred to Committee on .

Prescribing criminal penalties for fraudulently obtaining or using digital signatures and digital certificates.  

    AN ACT Relating to fraudulently obtaining or using digital signatures and digital certificates; adding a new section to chapter 9.38 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 9.38 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) A person shall not knowingly misrepresent the person's identity or authorization to obtain a public key certificate used to reference a private key for creating a digital signature.

    (2) A person shall not knowingly forge a digital signature as defined in RCW 19.34.020(16).

    (3) A person shall not knowingly present a public key certificate for which the person is not the owner of the corresponding private key in order to obtain unauthorized access to information or engage in an unauthorized transaction.

    (4) The definitions in RCW 19.34.020 apply to this section.

    (5) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.

    Passed the House March 9, 2001.

    Passed the Senate April 4, 2001.

Approved by the Governor April 17, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 17, 2001.