BILL REQ. #:  S-0405.1 

Read first time 01/14/13.   Referred to Committee on Law & Justice .

     AN ACT Relating to changing the crime of riot to the crime of criminal mischief; amending RCW 9A.84.010; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.84.010 and 2003 c 53 s 91 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of the crime of ((riot)) criminal mischief if, acting with three or more other persons, he or she knowingly and unlawfully uses or threatens to use force, or in any way participates in the use of such force, against any other person or against property.
     (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the crime of ((riot)) criminal mischief is a gross misdemeanor.
     (b) The crime of ((riot)) criminal mischief is a class C felony if the actor is armed with a deadly weapon.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect January 1, 2014.