FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 5410

C 217 L 03

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Revising information available on the statewide registered sex offender web site.

Sponsors: Senators Stevens, Eide, Keiser, Brandland, Reardon, Roach, Prentice, Regala, Rasmussen, McCaslin, Benton, Winsley, T. Sheldon, Schmidt, Esser, Oke and Shin.

Senate Committee on Children & Family Services & Corrections

House Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections

House Committee on Appropriations

Background: The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) administers a web site available to the public which provides electronic links to county operated web sites which offer sex offender registration information.

WASPC has developed, using private funds, a publicly accessible web site with information on all level III sex offenders in the state. The web site has mapping capabilities which can show, among other items, the offenders address, last name, and type of conviction.

Summary: Information on level II sex offenders, as allowed by law, is included on the web site. WASPC is also permitted to use funding from federal, state, or private sources to operate the web site.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate       48  0

House       95  0    (House amended)

Senate                   (Senate refused to concur)

House       98  0    (House receded)

Effective: July 27, 2003