Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW
69.50.315 and 2015 c 205 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) ((
A))
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug-related overdose ((
shall not be charged or prosecuted for possession of a controlled substance pursuant to RCW 69.50.4013, or penalized under RCW 69.50.4014, if the evidence for the charge of possession of a controlled substance was obtained as a result of the person seeking medical assistance.(2) A person))
or who experiences a drug-related overdose and is in need of medical assistance ((
shall))
may not be
arrested, charged ((
or))
, prosecuted
, or convicted for possession
or use of a controlled substance pursuant to RCW
69.50.4013, or penalized under RCW
69.50.4014, if the evidence for the charge of possession
or use of a controlled substance was obtained as a result of the overdose and the need for medical assistance.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug-related overdose or who experiences a drug-related overdose and is in need of medical assistance may not:
(i) Have their property subject to civil forfeiture; or
(ii) Be penalized for:
(A) Violation of a restraining order, no contact order, or protection order;
(B) Violation of probation or parole; or
(C) Failing to appear for an existing nonviolent, nonsexual charge.
(b) The protections in (a) of this subsection only apply if the property that would be subject to civil forfeiture or the evidence for the possible charge of such a violation was obtained as a result of the overdose and the need for medical assistance.
(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a peace officer from lawfully detaining a person without making an arrest.
(4) The protection in this section from prosecution for possession crimes under RCW
69.50.4013 shall not be grounds for suppression of evidence in other criminal charges
, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
Sec. 2. RCW
10.31.100 and 2023 c 462 s 702 are each amended to read as follows:
A police officer having probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a felony shall have the authority to arrest the person without a warrant. A police officer may arrest a person without a warrant for committing a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor only when the offense is committed in the presence of an officer, except as provided in subsections (1) through (11) of this section.
(1) Any police officer having probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, involving physical harm or threats of harm to any person or property or the unlawful taking of property or involving the use or possession of cannabis, or involving the acquisition, possession, or consumption of alcohol by a person under the age of twenty-one years under RCW
66.44.270, or involving criminal trespass under RCW
9A.52.070 or
9A.52.080, shall have the authority to arrest the person.
(2) ((
A))
Except as provided in RCW 69.50.315, a police officer shall arrest and take into custody, pending release on bail, personal recognizance, or court order, a person without a warrant when the officer has probable cause to believe that:
(a) A domestic violence protection order, a sexual assault protection order, a stalking protection order, or a vulnerable adult protection order has been issued, of which the person has knowledge, under chapter
7.105 RCW, or an order has been issued, of which the person has knowledge, under RCW
26.44.063, or chapter
9A.40, 9A.46, 9A.88, 10.99, 26.09, 26.26A, 26.26B, or
74.34 RCW, or any of the former chapters
7.90, 7.92, and
26.50 RCW, restraining the person and the person has violated the terms of the order restraining the person from acts or threats of violence, or restraining the person from going onto the grounds of, or entering, a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or prohibiting the person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party's person, or a protected party's vehicle, or requiring the person to submit to electronic monitoring, or, in the case of an order issued under RCW
26.44.063, imposing any other restrictions or conditions upon the person;
(b) An extreme risk protection order has been issued against the person under chapter
7.105 RCW or former RCW
7.94.040, the person has knowledge of the order, and the person has violated the terms of the order prohibiting the person from having in the person's custody or control, purchasing, possessing, accessing, or receiving a firearm or concealed pistol license;
(c) A foreign protection order, as defined in RCW
26.52.010, or a Canadian domestic violence protection order, as defined in RCW
26.55.010, has been issued of which the person under restraint has knowledge and the person under restraint has violated a provision of the foreign protection order or the Canadian domestic violence protection order prohibiting the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or excluding the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or prohibiting the person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party's person, or a protected party's vehicle, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order or the Canadian domestic violence protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime; or
(d) The person is eighteen years or older and within the preceding four hours has assaulted a family or household member or intimate partner as defined in RCW
10.99.020 and the officer believes: (i) A felonious assault has occurred; (ii) an assault has occurred which has resulted in bodily injury to the victim, whether the injury is observable by the responding officer or not; or (iii) that any physical action has occurred which was intended to cause another person reasonably to fear imminent serious bodily injury or death. Bodily injury means physical pain, illness, or an impairment of physical condition. When the officer has probable cause to believe that family or household members or intimate partners have assaulted each other, the officer is not required to arrest both persons. The officer shall arrest the person whom the officer believes to be the primary aggressor. In making this determination, the officer shall make every reasonable effort to consider: (A) The intent to protect victims of domestic violence under RCW
10.99.010; (B) the comparative extent of injuries inflicted or serious threats creating fear of physical injury; and (C) the history of domestic violence of each person involved, including whether the conduct was part of an ongoing pattern of abuse.
(3) Any police officer having probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a violation of any of the following traffic laws shall have the authority to arrest the person:
(a) RCW
46.52.010, relating to duty on striking an unattended car or other property;
(b) RCW
46.52.020, relating to duty in case of injury to, or death of, a person or damage to an attended vehicle;
(d) RCW
46.61.502 or
46.61.504, relating to persons under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs;
(e) RCW
46.61.503 or
46.25.110, relating to persons having alcohol or THC in their system;
(f) RCW
46.20.342, relating to driving a motor vehicle while operator's license is suspended or revoked;
(g) RCW
46.61.5249, relating to operating a motor vehicle in a negligent manner.
(4) A law enforcement officer investigating at the scene of a motor vehicle accident may arrest the driver of a motor vehicle involved in the accident if the officer has probable cause to believe that the driver has committed, in connection with the accident, a violation of any traffic law or regulation.
(5)(a) A law enforcement officer investigating at the scene of a motor vessel accident may arrest the operator of a motor vessel involved in the accident if the officer has probable cause to believe that the operator has committed, in connection with the accident, a criminal violation of chapter
79A.60 RCW.
(b) A law enforcement officer investigating at the scene of a motor vessel accident may issue a citation for an infraction to the operator of a motor vessel involved in the accident if the officer has probable cause to believe that the operator has committed, in connection with the accident, a violation of any boating safety law of chapter
79A.60 RCW.
(6) Any police officer having probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing a violation of RCW
79A.60.040 shall have the authority to arrest the person.
(7) An officer may act upon the request of a law enforcement officer, in whose presence a traffic infraction was committed, to stop, detain, arrest, or issue a notice of traffic infraction to the driver who is believed to have committed the infraction. The request by the witnessing officer shall give an officer the authority to take appropriate action under the laws of the state of Washington.
(8) Any police officer having probable cause to believe that a person has committed or is committing any act of indecent exposure, as defined in RCW
9A.88.010, may arrest the person.
(9) A police officer may arrest and take into custody, pending release on bail, personal recognizance, or court order, a person without a warrant when the officer has probable cause to believe that an antiharassment protection order has been issued of which the person has knowledge under chapter
7.105 RCW or former chapter
10.14 RCW and the person has violated the terms of that order.
(10) Any police officer having probable cause to believe that a person has, within twenty-four hours of the alleged violation, committed a violation of RCW
9A.50.020 may arrest such person.
(11) A police officer having probable cause to believe that a person illegally possesses or illegally has possessed a firearm or other dangerous weapon on private or public elementary or secondary school premises shall have the authority to arrest the person.
For purposes of this subsection, the term "firearm" has the meaning defined in RCW
9.41.010 and the term "dangerous weapon" has the meaning defined in RCW
9.41.250 and
9.41.280(1) (c) through (e).
(12) A law enforcement officer having probable cause to believe that a person has committed a violation under RCW
77.15.160(5) may issue a citation for an infraction to the person in connection with the violation.
(13) A law enforcement officer having probable cause to believe that a person has committed a criminal violation under RCW
77.15.809 or
77.15.811 may arrest the person in connection with the violation.
(14) Except as specifically provided in subsections (2), (3), (4), and (7) of this section, nothing in this section extends or otherwise affects the powers of arrest prescribed in Title
46 RCW.
(15) No police officer may be held criminally or civilly liable for making an arrest pursuant to subsection (2) or (9) of this section if the police officer acts in good faith and without malice.
(16)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a police officer shall arrest and keep in custody, until release by a judicial officer on bail, personal recognizance, or court order, a person without a warrant when the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has violated RCW
46.61.502 or
46.61.504 or an equivalent local ordinance and the police officer: (i) Has knowledge that the person has a prior offense as defined in RCW
46.61.5055 within ten years; or (ii) has knowledge, based on a review of the information available to the officer at the time of arrest, that the person is charged with or is awaiting arraignment for an offense that would qualify as a prior offense as defined in RCW
46.61.5055 if it were a conviction.
(b) A police officer is not required to keep in custody a person under (a) of this subsection if the person requires immediate medical attention and is admitted to a hospital.
Sec. 3. RCW
69.50.4121 and 2023 sp.s. c 1 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Every person who sells or permits to be sold to any person any drug paraphernalia in any form commits a class I civil infraction under chapter
7.80 RCW. For purposes of this subsection, "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance other than cannabis. Drug paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cocaine into the human body, such as:
(a) Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;
(b) Water pipes;
(c) Carburetion tubes and devices;
(d) Smoking and carburetion masks;
(e) Miniature cocaine spoons and cocaine vials;
(f) Chamber pipes;
(g) Carburetor pipes;
(h) Electric pipes;
(i) Air-driven pipes; and
(j) Ice pipes or chillers.
(2) It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that the person acted, or was believed by the defendant to act, as agent or representative of another.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section prohibits distribution or use of public health supplies including, but not limited to, syringe equipment, smoking equipment, or drug testing equipment, through public health programs, community-based HIV prevention programs, outreach, shelter((
,)) and housing programs, and
health care facilities, including hospitals and pharmacies. Public health and syringe service program
clients and staff taking samples of substances and using drug testing equipment for the purpose of analyzing the composition of the substances or detecting the presence of certain substances are acting legally and are exempt from arrest and prosecution under RCW
69.50.4011(1) (b) or (c),
69.50.4013,
69.50.4014, or
69.41.030(2) (b) or (c).
Sec. 4. RCW
69.50.612 and 2023 sp.s. c 1 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
(((1))) The state of Washington hereby fully occupies and preempts the entire field of drug paraphernalia regulation within the boundaries of the state including regulation of the use, selling, giving, delivery, and possession of drug paraphernalia((, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section)). Cities, towns, and counties or other municipalities may enact only those laws and ordinances relating to drug paraphernalia that are specifically authorized by state law and are consistent with this chapter. Such local ordinances must have the same penalty as provided for by state law. Local laws and ordinances that are inconsistent with, more restrictive than, or exceed the requirements of state law may not be enacted and are preempted and repealed, regardless of the nature of the code, charter, or home rule status of such city, town, county, or municipality.
(((2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit cities or counties from enacting laws or ordinances relating to the establishment or regulation of harm reduction services concerning drug paraphernalia.))"
• Removes the prohibition on detaining a person seeking or needing medical assistance for a drug-related overdose, and adds language specifying that a peace officer is not prohibited from lawfully detaining such a person without making an arrest.
• Clarifies that the protections afforded persons seeking or needing medical assistance for a drug-related overdose from having their property subject to civil forfeiture or being penalized for specified violations only apply if the property that would be subject to civil forfeiture or the evidence for the possible charge of such a violation was obtained as a result of the overdose and the need for medical assistance.