Legislature(2001 - 2002)

04/23/2002 01:39 PM House FIN

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HOUSE BILL NO. 350                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     An Act relating to terroristic threatening.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative John Davies MOVED to ADOPT Amendment #1:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 11.56.807.  Terroristic threatening in the first                                                                      
     degree.                                                                                                                    
     (a)    A  person   commits  the  crime  of  terroristic                                                                    
     threatening in the first degree  if the person sends or                                                                    
     delivers  a bacteriological,  biological, chemical,  or                                                                    
     radiological substance, or  radiological substance with                                                                    
     intent to                                                                                                                  
        (1)    place a person in  fear of physical injury to                                                                    
        any person;                                                                                                             
        (2)    cause evacuation of  a building, public place                                                                  
        or  area,  business  premises,  or  mode  of  public                                                                    
        transportation; or                                                                                                      
        (3)  cause serious public inconvenience.                                                                                
     (b)  In this section,                                                                                                      
        (1)    "bacteriological,  biological,  chemical,  or                                                                    
        radiological substance"  means  a  material that  is                                                                    
        capable of causing serious physical injury;                                                                             
        (2)      "imitation   bacteriological,   biological,                                                                    
        chemical,  or   radiological   substance"  means   a                                                                    
        material  that  by  its  appearance   would  lead  a                                                                    
        reasonable person to believe  that it is  capable of                                                                    
        causing serious physical injury.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LESIL MCGUIRE recommended that "or an                                                                            
imitation bacteriological or chemical" be added.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative John Davies MOVED to Amend Amendment #1 to:                                                                      
"or an imitation bacteriological, biological, chemical".                                                                        
There being NO OBJECTION, #1 was adopted.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Representative John Davies WITHDREW Amendment #2.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative John  Davies MOVED to ADOPT  #3: delete lines                                                                    
26 and 27  on page 9. Representative McGuire  did not object                                                                    
to  the  amendment. There  being  NO  OBJECTION, it  was  so                                                                    
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative Foster  MOVED to report  CS HB 350  (FIN) out                                                                    
of Committee  with individual  recommendations and  with the                                                                    
accompanying  fiscal notes.   There  being NO  OBJECTION, it                                                                    
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CSHB  350 (FIN)  was REPORTED  out of  Committee with  a "do                                                                    
pass" recommendation and with  and four previously published                                                                    
fiscal notes: #1 CRT, #3 LAW, #4 ADM, and #5 COR.                                                                               

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