HB 1255-S2 - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 2ND SUBSTITUTE)

     Requires parents, guardians, or custodians of juvenile offenders to appear at detention, adjudicatory, and dispositional hearings.

     Provides for confidentiality of privileged communications.

     Requires an annual report on security at juvenile facilities.

     Designates requirements for a probation bond to be posted by a juvenile.

     Revises mentally ill or chemically dependent juvenile statutes.

     Revises disposition proceedings statutes.

     Revises juvenile offender basic training camp eligibility.

     Revises special offender disposition options.

     Provides for evaluation of a juvenile's progress in achieving rehabilitation goals during commitment.

     Revises references to a juvenile disposition standards commission in chapter 13.40 RCW.

     Revises the ages for the presumption that a child is presumed to be capable of committing a crime to children of ten years of age.

     Deletes the requirement to be a serious offender that the person must be fifteen years of age or older.

     Establishes a requirement for the use of probation bonds as a new disposition alternative.

     Revises the tables for offense categories and sentencing guidelines.