FINAL BILL REPORT

                  SSB 6182

                           C 26 L 00

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Specifying the effect that changes in law will have on sentencing provisions.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators McCaslin and Costa).

Senate Committee on Judiciary

House Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections

Background:  In 1990, the Sentencing Reform Act was amended to eliminate sex offenses from the washout provisions.  In State v. Cruz, the Washington Supreme Court held that the 1990 amendment applies prospectively only.  Previously washed out convictions were not revived by the amendment.

Summary:  Any sentence imposed under the Sentencing Reform Act is determined using the law in effect when the current offense was committed.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 470

House970

Effective:June 8, 2000