FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 6162

PARTIAL VETO

C 376 L 09

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Providing for the supervision of offenders sentenced to community custody regardless of risk classification if the offender has a current conviction for a serious violent offense.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Prentice).

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Background: Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5288 eliminates supervision for most offenders who are classified at a low or moderate risk to reoffend. Certain offenders are supervised regardless of their risk to reoffend including sex offenders, dangerously mentally ill offenders, offenders who have an indeterminate sentence and are subject to parole, offenders who received an alternative sentence, or offenders who are required to be supervised under the Interstate Compact.

A serious violent offense is defined as:

• murder in the first degree;

• homicide by abuse;

• murder in the second degree;

• manslaughter in the first degree;

• assault in the first degree;

• kidnapping in the first degree;

• rape in the first degree;

• assault of a child in the first degree;

• an attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy to commit one of these felonies; or

• any federal or out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as a serious violent offense.

Summary: Offenders who have a current conviction for a serious violent offense must be supervised by the Department of Corrections regardless of the offender's risk to reoffend.

Votes on Final Passage:

Partial Veto Summary: The Governor vetoed the emergency clause requiring Section 1 to take effect immediately.