Concerning leaving a child unattended in a vehicle.

 S-0538.1

SENATE BILL 5237

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Muzzall, Lovick, and Krishnadasan

Read first time 01/14/25. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to leaving a child unattended in a vehicle; amending RCW 9.91.060 ; prescribing penalties; and making an appropriation.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 9.91.060 and 1999 c 143 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Every person having the care and custody, whether temporary or permanent, of minor children under the age of (( twelve )) 12 years, who shall leave such children in a parked automobile unattended by an adult while such person enters a tavern or other premises where vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors are dispensed for consumption on the premises shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.