SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 6627

As Passed Senate, February 13, 2002

Title:  An act relating to community service.

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.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Human Services & Corrections:  1/31/02 [DP].

Passed Senate:  2/13/02, 43-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS

Majority Report:  Do pass.

Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Carlson, Franklin, Hewitt, Kastama, Kohl‑Welles, Long and Stevens.

Staff:  Tony Rugel (786‑7754)

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 of Bill:  The term "community service" is changed to "community restitution."

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Requested on January 28, 2002.

Effective Date:  The bill takes effect on July 1, 2002.

Testimony For:  Work is being done around the country on restorative issues and this legislation will help with those concerns.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  Pete Peterson, Juvenile Court Administrator, Clallam County (pro); Jean Wessman,  Washington Association of Counties (pro).