FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 6627

PARTIAL VETO

C 175 L 02

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Renaming, with regard to adult and juvenile offenders, "community service" as "community restitution."

Sponsors:  Senators Costa, Long, Hargrove, Kline, Kohl‑Welles and Winsley.

Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections

House Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections

Background:  The term "community service" has long been associated with work performed as a result of a criminal conviction.  There is a desire to remove that association for people who perform service for his or her community as volunteers or out of a sense of altruism.

Summary:  The term "community service" is changed to "community restitution."

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate430

House930

Effective:  July 1, 2002

Partial Veto Summary:  Senate Bill 6627 changes references to "community service" in the criminal sentencing code to "community restitution."  Substitute Senate Bill 6748 repeals penalties for people who have been issued a notice of infraction for abandoned vehicles.  Section 34 of Senate Bill 6627 is not needed since it amends the language that is repealed in Substitute Senate Bill 6748.