CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6287

Chapter 19, Laws of 2002

57th Legislature

2002 Regular Session

SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS--DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES' JURISDICTION

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/13/02

Passed by the Senate February 13, 2002

YEAS 46 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 SENATE BILL 6287 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 12, 2002

FILED

March 12, 2002 - 2:12 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SENATE BILL 6287

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Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session

By Senators Long and Hargrove

Read first time 01/14/2002. Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

AN ACT Relating to the status of persons who commit criminal offenses while civilly detained or committed under chapter 71.09 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 71.09 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 71.09 RCW to read as follows:

A person subject to court order under the provisions of this chapter who is thereafter convicted of a criminal offense remains under the jurisdiction of the department following: (1) Completion of the criminal sentence; or (2) release from confinement in a state or local correctional facility, and shall be returned to the custody of the department.

This section does not apply to persons subject to a court order under the provisions of this chapter who are thereafter sentenced to life without the possibility of release.