HB 3277: Sex offense/special verdict

Authorizing special verdicts for specified sex offenses against children and vulnerable adults.

1. IntroducedJan 31, 2006
2. Out of committeeJan 31, 2006
3. Passed HouseFeb 1, 2006
4. Passed SenateMar 1, 2006
5. GovernorMar 20, 2006
6. LawMar 20, 2006

Prime sponsor

Al O'Brien (D-1)

Introduced

January 31, 2006 in the House

Last action

March 20, 2006

Session law

Chapter 122, Laws of 2006

Budget

Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to authorizing special verdicts that would result in more severe punishment for certain sex offenses against children and vulnerable adults by increasing the minimum sentences to twenty-five years or the maximum of the standard sentence range, whichever is greater, for rape of a child in the first degree, rape of a child in the second degree, and child molestation in the first degree, when a special allegation that the offense was predatory has been made and proven beyond a reasonable doubt, by increasing the minimum sentences to twenty-five years or the maximum of the standard sentence range, whichever is greater, for rape in the first degree, rape in the second degree, indecent liberties by forcible compulsion, and kidnapping in the first degree with sexual motivation, when a special allegation that the victim was under age fifteen at the time of the crime has been made and proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and by increasing the minimum sentences to twenty-five years or the maximum of the standard sentence range, whichever is greater, for rape in the first degree, rape in the second degree by forcible compulsion, indecent liberties by forcible compulsion, and kidnapping in the first degree with sexual motivation, when a special allegation that the victim was, at the time of the crime, developmentally disabled, mentally disordered, or a frail elder or vulnerable adult, has been made and proven beyond a reasonable doubt, without making any change to the sentencing grid, RCW 9.94A.510, or the seriousness level table, RCW 9.94A.515;