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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION 2SHB 1274

HB 1274: Juvenile convictions/score

Concerning retroactively applying the requirement to exclude certain juvenile convictions from an offender score regardless of the date of the offense.

Summary

  • Entitles a person incarcerated in total confinement meeting specified criteria to be resentenced, subject to a rebuttable presumption, if the person's offender score was increased by juvenile adjudications that are no longer scored under state law at the time of filing a petition for resentencing.
  • Allows specified individuals to be sentenced based on the laws for offender scoring of juvenile adjudications in effect at the time of sentencing.
  • Directs the Office of Crime Victims Advocacy to undertake several actions relating to victim advocacy services.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1274), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 2025
  2. Out of committeeFeb 28, 2025
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Chris Stearns (D-47)
Introduced
January 14, 2025 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2026
Companion bill
SB 5715
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1274, SHB 1274, 2SHB 1274

AN ACT Relating to retroactively applying the requirement to exclude certain juvenile convictions from an offender score regardless of the date of the offense;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Chris Stearns (D-47)

10 co-sponsors (10 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

David Hackney D-11Beth Doglio D-22Alex Ramel D-40Julia Reed D-36Timm Ormsby D-3Lisa Parshley D-22Gerry Pollet D-46Nicole Macri D-43Tarra Simmons D-23Natasha Hill D-3

Votes

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

History

  1. Referred to Appropriations. (2SHB 1274)
  2. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. (2SHB 1274)
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (2SHB 1274)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1274)
  5. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. (SHB 1274)
  6. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1274)
  7. Referred to Appropriations.
  8. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
  9. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  10. Referred to Rules 2 Review. (2SHB 1274)
  11. Referred to Rules 2 Review. (SHB 1274)
  12. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  13. APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (2SHB 1274)
  14. Minority; do not pass. (2SHB 1274)
  15. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 1274)
  16. APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1274)
  17. APP - Executive action taken by committee. (SHB 1274)
  18. APP - Executive action taken by committee.
  19. APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  20. Minority; do not pass.
  21. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1274)
  22. Referred to Appropriations.
  23. CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1274)
  24. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 1274)
  25. CS - Executive action taken by committee.
  26. Minority; do not pass.
  27. CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  28. First reading, referred to Community Safety.

HB 1274 in other sessions

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

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