CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 6532

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 14, 1994   YEAS 46   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House March 4, 1994   YEAS 94   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6532 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                         SENATE BILL 6532

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             Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senators Wojahn, Talmadge, Deccio, Moore, Moyer, Spanel, M. Rasmussen and Oke

Read first time 01/26/94.  Referred to Committee on Health & Human Services.

Changing provisions relating to release of criminally insane persons.

    AN ACT Relating to release of criminally insane persons; and adding a new section to chapter 10.77 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 10.77 RCW to read as follows:

    No court may, without a hearing, enter an order conditionally releasing or authorizing the furlough of a person committed under this chapter, unless the secretary has recommended the release or furlough.  If the secretary has not recommended the release or furlough, a hearing shall be held under RCW 10.77.150.

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