HB 1745 - DIGEST

     Provides that, when a juvenile offender is subject to a standard range disposition of confinement to a state institution and has not been previously committed to a state institution, the court, on its own motion or on the motion of the state or the respondent may order a community sanction disposition alternative in lieu of confinement in a state institution if the offender has not committed a sex offense, a serious violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030, or other violent category A felony as defined in RCW 13.40.0357.