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BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2064

HB 2064: Juvenile justice

Concerning juvenile justice.

Summary

  • Expands the high end of the A+ juvenile sentencing range from age 21 to the maximum age of juvenile court jurisdiction and modifies the instances in which a court may conduct a discretionary decline hearing to transfer a case from juvenile to adult court.
  • Requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to provide secure Internet access, mobile construction pre-apprenticeship training programs, and post-secondary education opportunities to individuals serving a term of confinement.
  • Requires the DCYF to develop and implement site testing providing individuals serving a term of confinement with the DCYF access to digital learning through secure laptops from October 1, 2019, to July 1, 2021.
  • Requires the DCYF to convene a background check work group and an employment pathways work group related to juvenile institutions.
  • Requires the University of Washington to convene an interdisciplinary work group to develop recommendations for updating policies related to evidence-based child and juvenile services.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2064), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 15, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Noel Frame (D-36)
Introduced
February 15, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2020
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2064, SHB 2064

AN ACT Relating to juvenile justice;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Noel Frame (D-36)

6 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Lillian Ortiz-Self D-21Roger Goodman D-45Lisa Callan D-5Tana Senn D-41My-Linh Thai D-41Lauren Davis D-32

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 2064)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 2064)
  4. HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2064)
  5. HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  6. Referred to Appropriations.
  7. First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning.

HB 2064 in other sessions

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

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