BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 2294: Criminal offenders/safety

Improving public safety by improving the sentencing and supervision of criminal offenders in confinement and in the community.

Summary

Requires the department of corrections to: (1) Establish and utilize a validated, evidence-based risk assessment instrument consistent with national best practices that classifies offenders as high risk, moderate risk, and low risk; (2) Actively supervise for a minimum of twelve months, with no exceptions, any offender convicted of a felony in Washington state who is classified as high risk; and (3) Actively…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to improving public safety by improving the sentencing and supervision of criminal offenders in confinement and in the community;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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