SSB 6322 -
By Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 9.94A.713 and 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 s 304 are each
amended to read as follows:
(1) When an offender is sentenced under RCW 9.94A.712, the
department shall assess the offender's risk of recidivism and shall
recommend to the board any additional or modified conditions of the
offender's community custody based upon the risk to community safety.
In addition, the department shall make a recommendation with regard to,
and the board may require the offender to participate in,
rehabilitative programs, or otherwise perform affirmative conduct, and
obey all laws. The department may recommend and the board may impose
electronic monitoring as a condition of community custody for the
offender. The department shall, with available resources, carry out
any monitoring imposed under this section using the most appropriate
technology given the individual circumstances of the offender. As used
in this section, "electronic monitoring" means the monitoring of an
offender using an electronic offender tracking system including, but
not limited to, a system using radio frequency or active or passive
global positioning technology. The board must consider and may impose
department-recommended conditions.
(2) The department may not recommend and the board may not impose
conditions that are contrary to those ordered by the court and may not
contravene or decrease court-imposed conditions. The board shall
notify the offender in writing of any such conditions or modifications.
(3) In setting, modifying, and enforcing conditions of community
custody, the department shall be deemed to be performing a quasi-judicial function.
(4) If an offender violates conditions imposed by the court, the
department, or the board during community custody, the board or the
department may transfer the offender to a more restrictive confinement
status and impose other available sanctions as provided in RCW
9.95.435.
(5) By the close of the next business day, after receiving notice
of a condition imposed by the board or the department, an offender may
request an administrative hearing under rules adopted by the board.
The condition shall remain in effect unless the hearing examiner finds
that it is not reasonably related to any of the following:
(a) The crime of conviction;
(b) The offender's risk of reoffending; or
(c) The safety of the community.
(6) An offender released by the board under RCW 9.95.420 shall be
subject to the supervision of the department until the expiration of
the maximum term of the sentence. The department shall monitor the
offender's compliance with conditions of community custody imposed by
the court, department, or board, and promptly report any violations to
the board. Any violation of conditions of community custody
established or modified by the board shall be subject to the provisions
of RCW 9.95.425 through 9.95.440.
(7) If the department finds that an emergency exists requiring the
immediate imposition of conditions of release in addition to those set
by the board under RCW 9.95.420 and subsection (1) of this section in
order to prevent the offender from committing a crime, the department
may impose additional conditions. The department may not impose
conditions that are contrary to those set by the board or the court and
may not contravene or decrease court-imposed or board-imposed
conditions. Conditions imposed under this subsection shall take effect
immediately after notice to the offender by personal service, but shall
not remain in effect longer than seven working days unless approved by
the board under subsection (1) of this section within seven working
days.
Sec. 2 RCW 9.94A.715 and 2003 c 379 s 6 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) When a court sentences a person to the custody of the
department for a sex offense not sentenced under RCW 9.94A.712, a
violent offense, any crime against persons under RCW 9.94A.411(2), or
a felony offense under chapter 69.50 or 69.52 RCW, committed on or
after July 1, 2000, the court shall in addition to the other terms of
the sentence, sentence the offender to community custody for the
community custody range established under RCW 9.94A.850 or up to the
period of earned release awarded pursuant to RCW 9.94A.728 (1) and (2),
whichever is longer. The community custody shall begin: (a) Upon
completion of the term of confinement; (b) at such time as the offender
is transferred to community custody in lieu of earned release in
accordance with RCW 9.94A.728 (1) and (2); or (c) with regard to
offenders sentenced under RCW 9.94A.660, upon failure to complete or
administrative termination from the special drug offender sentencing
alternative program. Except as provided in RCW 9.94A.501, the
department shall supervise any sentence of community custody imposed
under this section.
(2)(a) Unless a condition is waived by the court, the conditions of
community custody shall include those provided for in RCW 9.94A.700(4).
The conditions may also include those provided for in RCW 9.94A.700(5).
The court may also order the offender to participate in rehabilitative
programs or otherwise perform affirmative conduct reasonably related to
the circumstances of the offense, the offender's risk of reoffending,
or the safety of the community, and the department shall enforce such
conditions pursuant to subsection (6) of this section.
(b) As part of any sentence that includes a term of community
custody imposed under this subsection, the court shall also require the
offender to comply with any conditions imposed by the department under
RCW 9.94A.720. The department shall assess the offender's risk of
reoffense and may establish and modify additional conditions of the
offender's community custody based upon the risk to community safety.
In addition, the department may require the offender to participate in
rehabilitative programs, or otherwise perform affirmative conduct, and
to obey all laws. The department may impose electronic monitoring as
a condition of community custody for an offender sentenced to a term of
community custody under this section pursuant to a conviction for a sex
offense. The department shall, with available resources, carry out any
electronic monitoring imposed under this section using the most
appropriate technology given the individual circumstances of the
offender. As used in this section, "electronic monitoring" means the
monitoring of an offender using an electronic offender tracking system
including, but not limited to, a system using radio frequency or active
or passive global positioning system technology.
(c) The department may not impose conditions that are contrary to
those ordered by the court and may not contravene or decrease court
imposed conditions. The department shall notify the offender in
writing of any such conditions or modifications. In setting,
modifying, and enforcing conditions of community custody, the
department shall be deemed to be performing a quasi-judicial function.
(3) If an offender violates conditions imposed by the court or the
department pursuant to this section during community custody, the
department may transfer the offender to a more restrictive confinement
status and impose other available sanctions as provided in RCW
9.94A.737 and 9.94A.740.
(4) Except for terms of community custody under RCW 9.94A.670, the
department shall discharge the offender from community custody on a
date determined by the department, which the department may modify,
based on risk and performance of the offender, within the range or at
the end of the period of earned release, whichever is later.
(5) At any time prior to the completion or termination of a sex
offender's term of community custody, if the court finds that public
safety would be enhanced, the court may impose and enforce an order
extending any or all of the conditions imposed pursuant to this section
for a period up to the maximum allowable sentence for the crime as it
is classified in chapter 9A.20 RCW, regardless of the expiration of the
offender's term of community custody. If a violation of a condition
extended under this subsection occurs after the expiration of the
offender's term of community custody, it shall be deemed a violation of
the sentence for the purposes of RCW 9.94A.631 and may be punishable as
contempt of court as provided for in RCW 7.21.040. If the court
extends a condition beyond the expiration of the term of community
custody, the department is not responsible for supervision of the
offender's compliance with the condition.
(6) Within the funds available for community custody, the
department shall determine conditions and duration of community custody
on the basis of risk to community safety, and shall supervise offenders
during community custody on the basis of risk to community safety and
conditions imposed by the court. The secretary shall adopt rules to
implement the provisions of this subsection.
(7) By the close of the next business day after receiving notice of
a condition imposed or modified by the department, an offender may
request an administrative review under rules adopted by the department.
The condition shall remain in effect unless the reviewing officer finds
that it is not reasonably related to any of the following: (a) The
crime of conviction; (b) the offender's risk of reoffending; or (c) the
safety of the community.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 A new section is added to chapter 4.24 RCW
to read as follows:
Local governments, their subdivisions and employees, the department
of corrections and its employees, and the Washington association of
sheriffs and police chiefs and its employees are immune from civil
liability for damages arising from incidents involving offenders who
are placed on electronic monitoring, unless it is shown that an
employee acted with gross negligence or bad faith."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Authorizes the department to recommend and the board to impose electronic monitoring as a condition of community custody for determinate-plus sex offenders. Permits the department to impose electronic monitoring as a condition of community custody only for those serving a term of community custody pursuant to a conviction for a sex offense. Clarifies that the department of corrections is included in the civil immunity provision.