HB 1252: Offender supervision

Summary

• $ Expands the list of offenders for which a mandatory term of community custody is required, and requires the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to establish community custody ranges for crimes based on the principles of the Sentencing Reform Act and taking into account funds available for community custody.
• $ Authorizes the court to order the Department of Corrections to complete risk assessment reports on all felony offenders except those subject to a sentence of death or life without possibility of release.
• $ Authorizes the courts to impose affirmative conditions on offenders being sentenced to a term of community custody, and authorizes the Department of Corrections to impose additional conditions, including affirmative conditions, on offenders serving a term of community custody based on risk to community safety.
• $ Authorizes the Department of Corrections to sanction violations of community custody administratively.
• $ Converts the two-year community supervision term that may be ordered by the court for offenders sentenced under the first-time offender waiver to a one-year term of community custody.

From the Second Substitute House Bill Report (2SHB 1252), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗