CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6286

 

 

                   Chapter 174, Laws of 2002

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

 

 

INDETERMINATE SENTENCE REVIEW BOARD--SEX OFFENDERS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  3/27/02

 

Passed by the Senate March 11, 2002

  YEAS 45   NAYS 0

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 5, 2002

  YEAS 96   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6286 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approved March 27, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.   

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 27, 2002 - 8:54 a.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6286

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

 

State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Long and Hargrove)

 

READ FIRST TIME 02/04/2002.

Revising provisions relating to the time permitted for review by the indeterminate sentence review board of sex offenders who are sentenced to short sentences under RCW 9.94A.712.   


    AN ACT Relating to the time permitted for review by the indeterminate sentence review board of sex offenders who are sentenced to short sentences under RCW 9.94A.712; amending RCW 9.95.420 and 9.95.011; and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 9.95.420 and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 s 306 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1)(a) Except as provided in (c) of this subsection, before the expiration of the minimum term, as part of the end of sentence review process under RCW 72.09.340, 72.09.345, and where appropriate, 72.09.370, the department shall conduct, and the offender shall participate in, an examination of the offender, incorporating methodologies that are recognized by experts in the prediction of sexual dangerousness, and including a prediction of the probability that the offender will engage in sex offenses if released.

    (b) The board may contract for an additional, independent examination, subject to the standards in this section.

    (c) If at the time the sentence is imposed by the superior court the offender's minimum term has expired or will expire within one hundred twenty days of the sentencing hearing, the department shall conduct, within ninety days of the offender's arrival at a department of corrections facility, and the offender shall participate in, an examination of the offender, incorporating methodologies that are recognized by experts in the prediction of sexual dangerousness, and including a prediction of the probability that the offender will engage in sex offenses if released.

    (2) The board shall impose the conditions and instructions provided for in RCW 9.94A.720.  The board shall consider the department's recommendations and may impose conditions in addition to those recommended by the department.  The board may impose or modify conditions of community custody following notice to the offender.

    (3)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, no later than ninety days before expiration of the minimum term, but after the board receives the results from the end of sentence review process and the recommendations for additional or modified conditions of community custody from the department, the board shall conduct a hearing to determine whether it is more likely than not that the offender will engage in sex offenses if released on conditions to be set by the board.  The board may consider an offender's failure to participate in an evaluation under subsection (1) of this section in determining whether to release the offender.  The board shall order the offender released, under such affirmative and other conditions as the board determines appropriate, unless the board determines by a preponderance of the evidence that, despite such conditions, it is more likely than not that the offender will commit sex offenses if released.  If the board does not order the offender released, the board shall establish a new minimum term, not to exceed an additional two years.

    (b) If at the time the offender's minimum term has expired or will expire within one hundred twenty days of the offender's arrival at a department of correction's facility, then no later than one hundred twenty days after the offender's arrival at a department of corrections facility, but after the board receives the results from the end of sentence review process and the recommendations for additional or modified conditions of community custody from the department, the board shall conduct a hearing to determine whether it is more likely than not that the offender will engage in sex offenses if released on conditions to be set by the board.  The board may consider an offender's failure to participate in an evaluation under subsection (1) of this section in determining whether to release the offender.  The board shall order the offender released, under such affirmative and other conditions as the board determines appropriate, unless the board determines by a preponderance of the evidence that, despite such conditions, it is more likely than not that the offender will commit sex offenses if released.  If the board does not order the offender released, the board shall establish a new minimum term, not to exceed an additional two years.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 9.95.011 and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 s 320 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) When the court commits a convicted person to the department of corrections on or after July 1, 1986, for an offense committed before July 1, 1984, the court shall, at the time of sentencing or revocation of probation, fix the minimum term.  The term so fixed shall not exceed the maximum sentence provided by law for the offense of which the person is convicted.

    The court shall attempt to set the minimum term reasonably consistent with the purposes, standards, and sentencing ranges adopted under RCW 9.94A.850, but the court is subject to the same limitations as those placed on the board under RCW 9.92.090, 9.95.040 (1) through (4), 9.95.115, 9A.32.040, 9A.44.045, and chapter 69.50 RCW.  The court's minimum term decision is subject to review to the same extent as a minimum term decision by the parole board before July 1, 1986.

    Thereafter, the expiration of the minimum term set by the court minus any time credits earned under RCW 9.95.070 and 9.95.110 constitutes the parole eligibility review date, at which time the board may consider the convicted person for parole under RCW 9.95.100 and 9.95.110 and chapter 72.04A RCW.  Nothing in this section affects the board's authority to reduce or increase the minimum term, once set by the court, under RCW 9.95.040, 9.95.052, 9.95.055, 9.95.070, 9.95.080, 9.95.100, 9.95.115, 9.95.125, or 9.95.047.

    (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, not less than ninety days prior to the expiration of the minimum term of a person sentenced under RCW 9.94A.712, for a sex offense committed on or after ((July)) September 1, 2001, less any time credits permitted by statute, the board shall review the person for conditional release to community custody as provided in RCW 9.95.420.  If the board does not release the person, it shall set a new minimum term not to exceed an additional two years.  The board shall review the person again not less than ninety days prior to the expiration of the new minimum term.

    (b) If at the time a person sentenced under RCW 9.94A.712 for a sex offense committed on or after September 1, 2001, arrives at a department of corrections facility, the offender's minimum term has expired or will expire within one hundred twenty days of the offender's arrival, then no later than one hundred twenty days after the offender's arrival at a department of corrections facility, but after the board receives the results from the end of sentence review process and the recommendations for additional or modified conditions of community custody from the department, the board shall review the person for conditional release to community custody as provided in RCW 9.95.420.  If the board does not release the person, it shall set a new minimum term not to exceed an additional two years.  The board shall review the person again not less than ninety days prior to the expiration of the new minimum term.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.


    Passed the Senate March 11, 2002.

    Passed the House March 5, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2002.