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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5323 Chapter 286, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION PROPERTY STOLEN FROM FIRST RESPONDERS—PENALTIES EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the Senate April 21, 2025 Yeas 48 Nays 0 JOHN LOVICK President of the Senate Passed by the House April 14, 2025 Yeas 96 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5323 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary Approved May 15, 2025 1:55 PM FILED May 19, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5323 AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Warnick, Lovick, Fortunato, Holy, Boehnke, J. Wilson, Schoesler, Muzzall, Dozier, Christian, Torres, Wagoner, Goehner, King, Braun, Chapman, and Hasegawa) READ FIRST TIME 02/03/25. AN ACT Relating to the penalties for theft and possession of stolen property from first responders; amending RCW 9A.56.150 and 9A.56.030; and prescribing penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 9A.56.150 and 2009 c 431 s 12 are each amended to read as follows: (1) A person is guilty of possessing stolen property in the first degree if he or she possesses stolen property, other than a firearm as defined in RCW 9.41.010 or a motor vehicle, which ((exceeds )): (a) Exceeds five thousand dollars in value; or (b) Was property or equipment used by firefighters or emergency medical service providers that is critical to their work in an emergency setting and taken from a fire station, fire department vehicle, or emergency medical services building, facility, structure, or vehicle; and (i) The loss of the property or equipment significantly hindered or delayed the firefighter's or emergency medical service provider's ability to respond to an ongoing emergency; or (ii) The property or equipment exceeds $1,000 in value . (2) Possessing stolen property in the first degree is a class B felony. Sec. 2. RCW 9A.56.030 and 2017 c 266 s 10 are each amended to read as follows: (1) Except as provided in RCW 9A.56.400, a person is guilty of theft in the first degree if he or she commits theft of: (a) Property or services which exceed(s) five thousand dollars in value other than a firearm as defined in RCW 9.41.010; (b) Property of any value, other than a firearm as defined in RCW 9.41.010 or a motor vehicle, taken from the person of another; (c) A search and rescue dog, as defined in RCW 9.91.175, while the search and rescue dog is on duty; ((or )) (d) Commercial metal property, nonferrous metal property, or private metal property, ((as those terms are defined in RCW 19.290.010, )) and the costs of the damage to the owner's property exceed five thousand dollars in value; or (e) Property or equipment used by firefighters or emergency medical service providers that is critical to their work in an emergency setting and taken from a fire station, fire department vehicle, or emergency medical services building, facility, structure, or vehicle; and (i) The loss of the property or equipment significantly hindered or delayed the firefighter's or emergency medical service provider's ability to respond to an ongoing emergency; or (ii) The property or equipment exceeds $1,000 in value . (2) Theft in the first degree is a class B felony. Passed by the Senate April 21, 2025. Passed by the House April 14, 2025. Approved by the Governor May 15, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 19, 2025.
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