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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5179

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Costa, Roach, Constantine, McCaslin, Fairley, Sheahan, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Kline, Gardner, Eide, Haugen, Franklin, Johnson, McAuliffe and Kohl‑Welles)

READ FIRST TIME 01/31/01. 

_1      AN ACT Relating to adding a victim notification system to the

_2  state jail booking and reporting system; amending RCW 36.28A.040;

_3  and adding a new section to chapter 36.28A RCW.

_4  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

_5      NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 36.28A

_6  RCW to read as follows:

_7      (1) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs

_8  shall integrate a victim notification system into its electronic

_9  statewide city and county jail booking and reporting system

10  described in RCW 36.28A.040.

11      (2) At a minimum, the victim notification system shall provide

12  to victims of crime who have made a notification request,

13  notification of information received by the statewide city and

14  county jail booking and reporting system about the release or

15  transfer of an incarcerated person from a local jail.

16      (3) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs is

17  not required to activate the victim notification component

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_1  described in this section unless the victim notification component

_2  is funded by the federal, state, or local government.

_3     Sec. 2.  RCW 36.28A.040 and 2000 c 3 s 1 are each amended to read

_4  as follows:

_5      (1) No later than ((December 31, 2001)) July 1, 2002, the

_6  Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall

_7  implement and operate an electronic state-wide city and county

_8  jail booking and reporting system.  The system shall serve as a

_9  central repository and instant information source for offender

10  information and jail statistical data.  The system shall be placed

11  on the Washington state justice information network and be capable

12  of communicating electronically with every Washington state city

13  and county jail and with all other Washington state criminal

14  justice agencies as defined in RCW 10.97.030.

15      (2) After the Washington association of sheriffs and police

16  chiefs has implemented an electronic jail booking system as

17  described in subsection (1) of this section, if a city or county

18  jail or law enforcement agency receives state or federal funding

19  to cover the entire cost of implementing or reconfiguring an

20  electronic jail booking system, the city or county jail or law

21  enforcement agency shall implement or reconfigure an electronic

22  jail booking system that is in compliance with the jail booking

23  system standards developed pursuant to subsection (4) of this

24  section.

25      (3) After the Washington association of sheriffs and police

26  chiefs has implemented an electronic jail booking system as

27  described in subsection (1) of this section, city or county jails,

28  or law enforcement agencies that operate electronic jail booking

29  systems, but choose not to accept state or federal money to

30  implement or reconfigure electronic jail booking systems, shall

31  electronically forward jail booking information to the Washington

32  association of sheriffs and police chiefs.  At a minimum the

33  information forwarded shall include the name of the offender,

34  vital statistics, the date the offender was arrested, the offenses

35  arrested for, the date and time an offender is released or

36  transferred from a city or county jail, and if available, the mug

37  shot.  The electronic format in which the information is sent shall

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_1  be at the discretion of the city or county jail, or law

_2  enforcement agency forwarding the information.  City and county

_3  jails or law enforcement agencies that forward jail booking

_4  information under this subsection are not required to comply with

_5  the standards developed under subsection (4)(b) of this section.

_6      (4) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs

_7  shall appoint, convene, and manage a state-wide jail booking and

_8  reporting system standards committee.  The committee shall include

_9  representatives from the Washington association of sheriffs and

10  police chiefs correction committee, the information service

11  board's justice information committee, the judicial information

12  system, at least two individuals who serve as jailers in a city or

13  county jail, and other individuals that the Washington association

14  of sheriffs and police chiefs places on the committee.  The

15  committee shall have the authority to:

16      (a) Develop and amend as needed standards for the state-wide

17  jail booking and reporting system and for the information that

18  must be contained within the system.  At a minimum, the system shall

19  contain:

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

21      (ii) Descriptive and personal information about each offender

22  booked into a city or county jail.  At a minimum, this information

23  shall contain the offender's name, vital statistics, address, and

24  mugshot;

25      (iii) Information about the offender while in jail, which could

26  be used to protect criminal justice officials that have future

27  contact with the offender, such as medical conditions, acts of

28  violence, and other behavior problems;

29      (iv) Statistical data indicating the current capacity of each

30  jail and the quantity and category of offenses charged; ((and))

31      (v) The ability to communicate directly and immediately with

32  the city and county jails and other criminal justice entities; and

33      (vi) The date and time that an offender was released or

34  transferred from a local jail;

35      (b) Develop and amend as needed operational standards for city

36  and county jail booking systems, which at a minimum shall include

37  the type of information collected and transmitted, and the

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_1  technical requirements needed for the city and county jail booking

_2  system to communicate with the state-wide jail booking and

_3  reporting system;

_4      (c) Develop and amend as needed standards for allocating grants

_5  to city and county jails or law enforcement agencies that will be

_6  implementing or reconfiguring electronic jail booking systems.

_7      (5) By January 1, 2001, the standards committee shall complete

_8  the initial standards described in subsection (4) of this section,

_9  and the standards shall be placed into a report and provided to

10  all Washington state city and county jails, all other criminal

11  justice agencies as defined in RCW 10.97.030, the chair of the

12  Washington state senate human services and corrections committee,

13  and the chair of the Washington state house of representatives

14  criminal justice and corrections committee.

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