CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 1712
Chapter
181, Laws of 1996
54th
Legislature
1996
Regular Session
PRETRIAL
RELEASE--PROCEDURES
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/6/96
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Passed by the House March 4, 1996
Yeas 95 Nays 0
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate February 27, 1996
Yeas 47 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Timothy
A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1712 as
passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set
forth.
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JOEL
PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY
A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
March 28, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March
28, 1996 - 3:47 p.m.
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MIKE
LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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HOUSE
BILL 1712
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AS AMENDED BY
THE SENATE
Passed Legislature -
1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/06/95.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
Prescribing
procedures for pretrial release.
AN ACT Relating to
pretrial release; and adding a new section to chapter 10.19 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. A new section is added
to chapter 10.19 RCW to read as follows:
Notwithstanding CrR
3.2, a court who releases a defendant arrested or charged with a violent
offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 on the offender's personal recognizance or
personal recognizance with conditions must state on the record the reasons why
the court did not require the defendant to post bail.
Passed
the House March 4, 1996.
Passed
the Senate February 27, 1996.
Approved by the Governor March 28, 1996.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State March 28, 1996.