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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1239

HB 1239: Reentry readiness/DOC

Preparing incarcerated people for successful reentry upon release from a correctional facility.

Summary

  • Modifies earned release time eligibility for offenses committed on or after July 1, 2026, and provides earned release time of up to 33.33 percent of the total sentence for all categories that qualify for earned time.
  • Requires the Department of Corrections to establish a two-year pilot program, delivered by peer support specialists, at the Washington Corrections Center for Women and the Washington Corrections Center to support incarcerated survivors of sexual violence and intimate partner violence.
  • Requires the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy to provide victims and survivors of victims in felony cases with materials that explain sentence implementation.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1239), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Beth Doglio (D-22)
Introduced
January 13, 2025 in the House
Last action
February 4, 2026
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1239, SHB 1239

AN ACT Relating to preparing incarcerated people for successful reentry upon release from a correctional facility;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Beth Doglio (D-22)

6 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Darya Farivar D-46Edwin Obras D-33Strom Peterson D-21Sharon Wylie D-49Timm Ormsby D-3Natasha Hill D-3

Votes

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

History

  1. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1239)
  2. Referred to Appropriations.
  3. CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1239)
  4. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 1239)
  5. CS - Executive action taken by committee.
  6. Minority; do not pass.
  7. CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  8. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  9. First reading, referred to Community Safety.
  10. Prefiled for introduction.

HB 1239 in other sessions

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

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