CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1025

                   Chapter 232, Laws of 1993

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

        STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS‑-IMPRISONMENT NOT TO TOLL

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/93

Passed by the House April 19, 1993   Yeas 96   Nays 0 BRIAN EBERSOLE Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 8, 1993   Yeas 45   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1025 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate

ALAN THOMPSON                                Chief Clerk

Approved May 7, 1993 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                             May 7, 1993 - 11:16 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1025

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                                                           AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Ludwig, Padden, Riley, Kremen, Appelwick, Mielke, Romero, Dyer, Jones, Kessler, Orr, Karahalios, R. Meyers, Brough, Carlson, I. Ballasiotes, Jacobsen, Forner, Silver, Dorn and Chappell

Read first time 01/12/93.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Regarding the limitation of actions brought by prisoners.

          AN ACT Relating to the limitation of actions brought by prisoners; and amending RCW 4.16.190.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  RCW 4.16.190 and 1977 ex.s. c 80 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

          If a person entitled to bring an action mentioned in this chapter, except for a penalty or forfeiture, or against a sheriff or other officer, for an escape, be at the time the cause of action accrued either under the age of eighteen years, or incompetent or disabled to such a degree that he or she cannot understand the nature of the proceedings, such incompetency or disability as determined according to chapter 11.88 RCW, or imprisoned on a criminal charge((, or in execution under the sentence of a court for a term less than his natural life)) prior to sentencing, the time of such disability shall not be a part of the time limited for the commencement of action.

          Passed the House April 19, 1993.

          Passed the Senate April 8, 1993.

Approved by the Governor May 7, 1993.

          Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 7, 1993.