WA People
BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1325: Long sentences review

Allowing qualifying persons serving long sentences committed prior to reaching 25 years of age to seek review for possible release from incarceration.

Summary

  • Raises the age for which a life sentence without parole is authorized from 18 years old to 25 years old.
  • Requires courts to sentence individuals convicted of Aggravated first degree Murder where the offense was committed prior to the individual's twenty-fifth birthday, as opposed to the individual's eighteenth birthday, a maximum term of life imprisonment and a minimum term of total confinement of 25 years.
  • Expands provisions allowing certain individuals to petition the Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board for early release to include individuals convicted of crimes committed prior to the individual's twenty-fifth birthday, instead of the individual's eighteenth birthday, after serving no less than 15 years of total confinement in certain circumstances.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 1325), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2023
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
David Hackney (D-11)
Introduced
January 16, 2023 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2024
Companion bill
SB 5451
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to allowing qualifying persons serving long sentences committed prior to reaching 25 years of age to seek review for possible release from incarceration;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: David Hackney (D-11)

7 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Tarra Simmons D-23Amy Walen D-48Debra Lekanoff D-40Beth Doglio D-22Gerry Pollet D-46Nicole Macri D-43

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry.

HB 1325 in other sessions

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

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