Bill #2178 State of Washington

Act  related to deviant ritualistic acts adding a new chapter  to 
title  9  ARCW creating a new section prescribing  penalties  and 
declaring an emergency.  Be it enacted by the legislature of  the 
State of Washington.

Section 1
This  act  is  necessary for the public  peace,  health,  morals, 
saftey,  and  welfare, the support of state government  and  it's 
existing public institutions, and shall take place immediately.

New Section
   Section 2

     The legislature recognises that; 
          1.)  The preamble of the constitution of the  State  of 
Washington  affirmatively states "We, the people of the state  of 
Washington, greatful to the supreme ruler of the Universe for our 
liberties, do ordain this constitution;" 
          2.)  Article  1,  Section 11 of  the  Washington  state 
constitution provides that "absolute freedom of conscience in all 
matters  of  religious sentiment, belief and  worship,  shall  be 
guaranteed  to every individual, and no one shall be molested  or 
disturbed  in person or property on account of religion; but  the 
liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as 
to   excuse   acts  of  licentiousness   or   justify   practices 
inconsistant with the peace and safety of the state;"  and
          3.) The state, under it's police powers, may enact laws 
in  order  to  promote the public  peace,  health,  morales,  and 
safety.

New Section
     Section 3
    
"Ritualistic"   means  those  pecular  characteristics  of   acts 
undertaken  as part of a ceremony, rite, initiation,  observance, 
performance,  or  practice. Ritualistic acts include  those  acts 
that are intended to result in, or that result in: 
     1.)  The  ritualistic  mutalation,  dismemberment,  torture, 
abuse, or sacrifice of animals; or 
     2.)   The ritualistic ingestion of human or animal blood  or 
human or animal waste.
          The  ritualistic  acts  defined  in  this  section  are 
destructive  of  the peace, health, morales, and  saftey  of  the 
citizens  of this state and are hereby prohibited.  Every  person 
violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Each violation that occurs under this section shall be considered 
a  seperate  violation.  All crimes under this section  shall  be 
given a seriousness score of 1 under rcw 9.94A.310

New Section 
 Section 4

1.) Ritualistic mutalation, dismemberment, or torture of a  human 
when  undertaken  as  part  of  a  ceremony,  rite,   initiation, 
observance, performance, or practice is a crime and every  person 
violating this subsection is guilty of a class A felony.

2.)  Ritualistic  sexual  abuse of children or  a  physically  or 
mentally  disabled adult when undertaken as part of  a  ceremony, 
rite, initiation, observance, performance, or practice is a crime 
and every person violating this subsection is guilty of a class B 
felony.

3.)   Ritualistic  psychological  abuse  of  children  or  of   a 
phsycially or mentally disabled adult when undertaken as part  of 
a   ceremony,  rite,  initiation,  observance,  performance,   or 
practice is a crime and every person violating this subsection is 
guilty of a Gross Misdemeanor.

4.)    Each  violation  of  this  section  shall  be   considered 
violation.  The crimes described in sections one and two of  this 
section  shall  be  given  a seriousness score  of  9  under  rcw 
9.94A.310.  The crimes described in subsection 3 of this  section 
shall be given a seriousness score of 2 under rcw 9.94A.310.

New Section
Section 5

Sections 2-4 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in  Title 
9a RCW.

New Section
Section 6

The  provisions  of  this act are to be  liberally  construed  to 
effectuate the polices of this act.

New Section
Section 7

If any provision of this act or it's application to any person or 
circumstance  is  held invalid, the remainder of the act  or  the 
application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is 
not effected.

End of Bill.

The above is for State of Washington