CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1345
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House April 14, 2023 Yeas 66 Nays 30
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 7, 2023 Yeas 37 Nays 10
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1345 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved | FILED |
| Secretary of State State of Washington |
HOUSE BILL 1345
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2023 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Farivar, Senn, Simmons, Bateman, Lekanoff, Pollet, Fosse, and Davis; by request of Department of Corrections
Read first time 01/16/23.Referred to Committee on Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry.
AN ACT Relating to contribution to costs of privileges by incarcerated individuals; and amending RCW
72.09.470.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
72.09.470 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 19 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
To the greatest extent practical, all ((inmates))incarcerated individuals shall contribute to the cost of privileges. The department may require incarcerated individuals to contribute to the cost of specific privileges designated by the department in accordance with standards that the department shall develop and adopt to ensure that incarcerated individuals contribute a portion of the department's costs directly associated with providing designated privileges. The department shall establish standards by which ((inmates))incarcerated individuals shall contribute a portion of the department's capital costs of providing privileges, including television cable access, ((extended family visitation,)) weight lifting, and other recreational sports equipment and supplies. The standards shall also require ((inmates))incarcerated individuals to contribute a ((significant)) portion of the department's operating costs directly associated with providing privileges, including staff and supplies. ((Inmate contributions))Contributions by incarcerated individuals may be in the form of individual user fees assessed against an ((inmate's))incarcerated individual's institution account, deductions from an ((inmate's))incarcerated individual's gross wages or gratuities, or ((inmates')) collective contributions by incarcerated individuals to the institutional welfare/betterment fund. The department shall make every effort to maximize incarcerated individual ((inmate)) contributions to payment for privileges. The department shall not limit ((inmates'))incarcerated individuals' financial support for privileges to contributions from the institutional welfare/betterment fund. The standards shall consider the assets available to the ((inmates))incarcerated individuals, the cost of administering compliance with the contribution requirements, and shall promote a responsible work ethic.
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