HB 1532: Community justice facilities

Summary

• $ Defines "essential state community justice facilities" within the Growth Management Act as essential public facilities to include the Department of Corrections (DOC) work/training release facilities and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) juvenile group care facilities and less restrictive alternative housing facilities for sexually violent predators.
• $ Requires the DSHS and the DOC to consider certain factors to ensure equitable distribution of these facilities.
• $ Requires the DSHS and the DOC to provide counties with projections for the number of these facilities that may be sited within the next five years and siting criteria for each facility.
• $ Requires counties and their cities to use these projections within a county-wide planning policy process to develop policies for siting these facilities and allocating distribution of these facilities within their jurisdictions.
• $ Establishes specific siting criteria for less restrictive alternative housing facilities for sexually violent predators, based on criteria developed by the DSHS.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1532), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗