2079-S AMH SCHM LANG 067

SHB 2079 - H AMD 1084

By Representative Schmidt

ADOPTED 02/13/2024

On page 2, beginning on line 19, strike all of sections 2 and 3 and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.635 RCW to read as follows:

(1) Signage must be posted notifying the public of the offenses and possible penalties under RCW 28A.635.090 and 28A.635.100.

(2) The signage must be prominently displayed at any entrance to a public school gymnasium or auditorium and wherever other public notices are placed at public school athletic fields.

(3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop a standard signage form notifying the public of the offenses and possible penalties under RCW 28A.635.090 and 28A.635.100.

(4) As used in this section, "public school" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.150.010."

Correct the title.

EFFECT:

Removes the provisions expanding the offenses of Interference by Force or Violence and Intimidation by Threat of Force or Violence.

Removes language providing that a student who commits the offense of Interference by Force or Violence during an extracurricular athletic activity may be excluded from participating in or attending that activity for up to 12 months.

Removes the requirement that a person, other than a student, convicted of Interference by Force or Violence must be excluded from entering the school where the offense was committed, or from attending the extracurricular activity in which the offense was committed, for up to 12 months.

Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a standard signage form notifying the public of the offenses of Interference by Force or Violence and Intimidation by Threat of Force or Violence and possible penalties; the signage must be displayed at any entrance to a public school gymnasium or auditorium and wherever other public notices are placed at public school athletic fields.

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