5179-S AAS 03/07/01 S1762

5179-S AAS 03/07/01 S1762.1

SSB 5179 - S AMD 008

By Senator Costa

ADOPTED 03/07/01

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 36.28A RCW to read as follows:

(1) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall integrate a victim notification system into its electronic statewide city and county jail booking and reporting system described in RCW 36.28A.040.

(2) At a minimum, the victim notification system shall provide to victims of crime who have made a notification request, notification of information received by the statewide city and county jail booking and reporting system about the release or transfer of an incarcerated person from a local jail.

(3) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs is not required to activate the victim notification component described in this section unless the victim notification component is funded by the federal, state, or local government.

Sec. 2. RCW 36.28A.040 and 2000 c 3 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) No later than ((~~December 31, 2001~~)) July 1, 2002, the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall implement and operate an electronic state-wide city and county jail booking and reporting system. The system shall serve as a central repository and instant information source for offender information and jail statistical data. The system shall be placed on the Washington state justice information network and be capable of communicating electronically with every Washington state city and county jail and with all other Washington state criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW 10.97.030.

(2) After the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs has implemented an electronic jail booking system as described in subsection (1) of this section, if a city or county jail or law enforcement agency receives state or federal funding to cover the entire cost of implementing or reconfiguring an electronic jail booking system, the city or county jail or law enforcement agency shall implement or reconfigure an electronic jail booking system that is in compliance with the jail booking system standards developed pursuant to subsection (4) of this section.

(3) After the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs has implemented an electronic jail booking system as described in subsection (1) of this section, city or county jails, or law enforcement agencies that operate electronic jail booking systems, but choose not to accept state or federal money to implement or reconfigure electronic jail booking systems, shall electronically forward jail booking information to the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs. At a minimum the information forwarded shall include the name of the offender, vital statistics, the date the offender was arrested, the offenses arrested for, the date and time an offender is released or transferred from a city or county jail, and if available, the mug shot. The electronic format in which the information is sent shall be at the discretion of the city or county jail, or law enforcement agency forwarding the information. City and county jails or law enforcement agencies that forward jail booking information under this subsection are not required to comply with the standards developed under subsection (4)(b) of this section.

(4) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall appoint, convene, and manage a state-wide jail booking and reporting system standards committee. The committee shall include representatives from the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs correction committee, the information service board's justice information committee, the judicial information system, at least two individuals who serve as jailers in a city or county jail, and other individuals that the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs places on the committee. The committee shall have the authority to:

(a) Develop and amend as needed standards for the state-wide jail booking and reporting system and for the information that must be contained within the system. At a minimum, the system shall contain:

(i) The offenses the individual has been charged with;

(ii) Descriptive and personal information about each offender booked into a city or county jail. At a minimum, this information shall contain the offender's name, vital statistics, address, and mugshot;

(iii) Information about the offender while in jail, which could be used to protect criminal justice officials that have future contact with the offender, such as medical conditions, acts of violence, and other behavior problems;

(iv) Statistical data indicating the current capacity of each jail and the quantity and category of offenses charged; ((~~and~~))

(v) The ability to communicate directly and immediately with the city and county jails and other criminal justice entities; and

(vi) The date and time that an offender was released or transferred from a local jail;

(b) Develop and amend as needed operational standards for city and county jail booking systems, which at a minimum shall include the type of information collected and transmitted, and the technical requirements needed for the city and county jail booking system to communicate with the state-wide jail booking and reporting system;

(c) Develop and amend as needed standards for allocating grants to city and county jails or law enforcement agencies that will be implementing or reconfiguring electronic jail booking systems.

(5) By January 1, 2001, the standards committee shall complete the initial standards described in subsection (4) of this section, and the standards shall be placed into a report and provided to all Washington state city and county jails, all other criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW 10.97.030, the chair of the Washington state senate human services and corrections committee, and the chair of the Washington state house of representatives criminal justice and corrections committee."

SSB 5179 - S AMD 008

By Senator Costa

PASSED - 03/07/01

On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "system;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 36.28A.040; and adding a new section to chapter 36.28A RCW."