Brief Description: Revising corrections personnel training provisions.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Brandland, Kline, McCaslin and Delvin; by request of Criminal Justice Training Commission).

Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections
Senate Committee on Ways & Means
House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness

Background: The Corrections Reform Act of 1981 (CRA) established the Department of Corrections as a separate department of state government, with a secretary appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The CRA also included provisions designed to reform inmate work programs and establish correctional standards.

The CRA required mandatory minimum staff training for corrections personnel of the state and all counties employed on or after January 1, 1982, and all corrections personnel promoted to supervisory or management positions after that date. The basic corrections training required by the CRA was to be adopted by the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC).

Summary: Corrections personnel who receive core training must complete certification requirements, prescribed by rule of the Criminal Justice Training Commission, within a year of completing core training. The supervisory and management training requirement for corrections personnel is moved to a section of the statutes concerning law enforcement supervisory and management training requirements.

A reference to a section of the statutes that has been repealed is eliminated.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      49   0
House      97   0   (House amended)
Senate      46   0   (Senate concurred)

Effective:   July 22, 2007