CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5242

Chapter 361, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



INMATES--WEAPON POSSESSION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the Senate March 9, 2005
  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
________________________________________    
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 13, 2005
  YEAS 95   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
________________________________________    
Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5242 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
________________________________________    
Secretary
Approved May 10, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
________________________________________    
Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
May 10, 2005 - 9:30 a.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


_____________________________________________ 

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5242
_____________________________________________

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Doumit, Brandland, Hargrove, Pridemore, Kohl-Welles and Rasmussen)

READ FIRST TIME 03/03/05.   



     AN ACT Relating to inmates of local correctional institutions possessing weapons; amending RCW 9.94.040; and prescribing penalties.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9.94.040 and 1995 c 314 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every person serving a sentence in any state correctional institution who, without legal authorization, while in the institution or while being conveyed to or from the institution, or while under the custody or supervision of institution officials, officers, or employees, or while on any premises subject to the control of the institution, knowingly possesses or carries upon his or her person or has under his or her control any weapon, firearm, or any instrument which, if used, could produce serious bodily injury to the person of another, is guilty of a class B felony.
     (2) Every person confined in a county or local correctional institution who, without legal authorization, while in the institution or while being conveyed to or from the institution, or while under the custody or supervision of institution officials, officers, or employees, or while on any premises subject to the control of the institution, knowingly possesses or has under his or her control ((a deadly)) any weapon, ((as defined in RCW 9A.04.110)) firearm, or any instrument that, if used, could produce serious bodily injury to the person of another, is guilty of a class ((B)) C felony.
     (3) The sentence imposed under this section shall be in addition to any sentence being served.


         Passed by the Senate March 9, 2005.
         Passed by the House April 13, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor May 10, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 2005.