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Committee considers raising penalties for trafficking covered species, directing funds to UW forensic center
Summary
Senate Bill 6233 would increase criminal wildlife penalty assessments for trafficking covered species (initiative 1401): second-degree penalties from $2,000 to $4,000 and first-degree penalties from $4,000 to $8,000; the bill would direct 50% of penalty revenues to the University of Washington Center for Environmental Forensic Science.
Senate Bill 6233 would raise criminal wildlife penalty assessments for unlawful trade in covered species under Initiative 1401 and direct half of the penalty revenues to the University of Washington’s Center for Environmental Forensic Science (CEFS).
Committee staff Jeff Olson said the bill increases the mandatory criminal wildlife penalty assessment from $2,000 to $4,000 for second-degree trafficking offenses, and from $4,000 to $8,000 for first-degree offenses, and requires Fish…
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