HOUSE BILL REPORT

SHB 1419

BYHouse Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Padden, Locke and P. King; by request of  Office of Financial Management)

Revising provisions relating to the collection of criminal justice information.

House Committe on Judiciary

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  (16)

      Signed by Representatives Armstrong, Chair; Crane, Vice Chair; Appelwick, Belcher, Brough, Hargrove, P. King, Lewis, Locke, Meyers, Moyer, Padden, Patrick, Schmidt, Scott and Wang.

House Staff:Bill Perry (786-7123)

AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 15, 1988

BACKGROUND:

Prior to 1987, the Corrections Standards Board was responsible for transmitting to the Department of Corrections information it collected from local jails.  That information consisted of admittance and release data on all convicted felons who served time in a local jail.

In 1987, the Corrections Standards Board was abolished, and its function regarding the collection of local jail information was given to the Office of Financial Management.

SUMMARY:

The Office of Financial Management is given express authority to contract with a state or local agency, or private agency, to collect and transmit local jail information on felon admittance and release.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

Effective Date:The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Gary Robinson, OFM; John Johnston, Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    The bill will clear up any possible doubt about OFM's ability to contract with other than a state agency to perform this function.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.