BILL · 2009–10 SESSION
HB 1259: Juvenile sex offenders
Modifying juvenile sex and kidnapping offender registration provisions.
Summary
- Provides right to counsel for an indigent person seeking to petition the court for relief from the duty to register as a result of a sex offense or a kidnapping offense committed when he or she was a juvenile.
- Requires the Washington State Patrol, at least annually, to provide notice to registered sex or kidnapping offenders, whose offenses were committed when they were juveniles, of the ability to petition for relief from.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 16, 2009
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Sherry Appleton (D-23)
- Introduced
- January 16, 2009 in the House
- Last action
- March 15, 2010
- Requested by
- Other
- Companion bill
- SB 5326
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to juvenile sex and kidnapping offender registration;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Sherry Appleton (D-23)
1 co-sponsor (1 Democrat, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Human Services.
HB 1259 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1259 (2025–26) Behavioral health/schools
- HB 1259 (2023–24) Secretary of state exec team
- HB 1259 (2021–22) Women & minority contracting
- HB 1259 (2019–20) Uniform guardianship, etc.
- HB 1259 (2017–18) Detention standards
- HB 1259 (2015–16) ARNPs/signing documentation
- HB 1259 (2013–14) Right to life
- HB 1259 (2011–12) Homeowners' associations