CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5015

67TH LEGISLATURE

2021 REGULAR SESSION

Passed by the Senate March 5, 2021 Yeas 47 Nays 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 5, 2021 Yeas 92 Nays 5 Speaker of the House of Representatives	CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5015 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. Secretary Secretary
Approved	FILED
	Secretary of State State of Washington

SENATE BILL 5015

Passed Legislature - 2021 Regular Session

State of Washington

67th Legislature

2021 Regular Session

BySenators Hunt, Billig, Das, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kuderer, Nguyen, and Wilson, C.

Prefiled 12/14/20.Read first time 01/11/21.Referred to Committee on State Government & Elections.

AN ACT Relating to fraudulent portrayal of ballot drop boxes; and amending RCW 29A.84.610.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 29A.84.610 and 2003 c 111 s 2127 are each amended to read as follows:

A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who knowingly:

(1) Deceives any voter in recording his or her vote by providing incorrect or misleading recording information or by providing faulty election equipment or records; ((or))

(2) Records the vote of any voter in a manner other than as designated by the voter; or

(3) Misrepresents an unofficial ballot collection site or device as an official ballot drop box that has been established by the county auditor.

Such a gross misdemeanor is punishable to the same extent as a gross misdemeanor that is punishable under RCW 9A.20.021.

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