CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5202

Chapter 379, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



LAW ENFORCEMENT--PERMISSIBLE WEAPONRY



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the Senate April 17, 2007
  YEAS 49   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 4, 2007
  YEAS 93   NAYS 2

FRANK CHOPP
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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 5202 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved May 8, 2007, 4:28 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
May 10, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5202
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Delvin, Eide, Hewitt, Brandland, Pridemore, Holmquist, McCaslin, Haugen, Jacobsen, Honeyford, Rasmussen and Roach)

READ FIRST TIME 02/15/07.   



     AN ACT Relating to permissible weaponry for on-duty law enforcement officers; and amending RCW 9.41.250.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9.41.250 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 424 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every person who:
     (((1))) (a) Manufactures, sells, or disposes of or possesses any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, sand club, or metal knuckles, or spring blade knife, or any knife the blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device, or any knife having a blade which opens, or falls, or is ejected into position by the force of gravity, or by an outward, downward, or centrifugal thrust or movement;
     (((2))) (b) Furtively carries with intent to conceal any dagger, dirk, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or
     (((3))) (c) Uses any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any firearm,
is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
     (2) Subsection (1)(a) of this section does not apply to:
     (a) The possession of a spring blade knife by a law enforcement officer while the officer:
     (i) Is on official duty; or
     (ii) Is transporting the knife to or from the place where the knife is stored when the officer is not on official duty; or
     (b) The storage of a spring blade knife by a law enforcement officer.


         Passed by the Senate April 17, 2007.
         Passed by the House April 4, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor May 8, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 2007.