To revise sentence ranges for crimes using deadly weapons. This bill revises sentencing guidelines for felony crimes committed using firearms and deadly weapons.   Official Text and Analysis.

By Senator Bob McCaslin, prime sponsor; Tom McBride, Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys. They testified that this is a good law and it is filed aggressively. The increased judicial discretion will provide judges with some flexibility in cases where the weapon may have been present, but not used, and cases where the weapon was clearly used during the commission of the crime. The bill may help with prison overcrowding while also providing for more proportionate sentencing.

To modiy the ranges available for firearms enhancements: for class A felony, it was changed from 3 to 6 years to 3 to 7 years; for a class B felony, it was changed from 1 to 4 years to 1 to 5 years; and for a class C felony, it was changed from 6 to 24 months to 6 to 30 months.

To modify the ranges available for firearms enhancements so that the range midpoints exactly correspond to the fixed times in the present statute.

To revise sentence ranges for crimes using deadly weapons.