BILL REQ. #:  H-5238.2 

READ FIRST TIME 02/24/06.   

     AN ACT Relating to disorderly conduct; amending RCW 9A.84.030; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.84.030 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.84.030 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if ((he)) the person:
     (a) Uses abusive language and thereby intentionally creates a risk of assault; ((or))
     (b) Intentionally disrupts any lawful assembly or meeting of persons without lawful authority; ((or))
     (c) Intentionally obstructs vehicular or pedestrian traffic without lawful authority; or
     (d)(i) Intentionally engages in fighting or in tumultuous conduct or makes unreasonable noise, within five hundred feet of:
     (A) The location where a funeral or burial is being performed;
     (B) A funeral home during the viewing of a deceased person;
     (C) A funeral procession, if the person described in this subsection (1)(d) knows that the funeral procession is taking place; or
     (D) A building in which a funeral or memorial service is being conducted; and
     (ii) Knows that the activity adversely affects the funeral, burial, viewing, funeral procession, or memorial service.
     (2) Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.