HB 2413 - DIGEST

Requires the department to, in consultation with the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, conduct a pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness and cost of electronically monitoring sex offenders using an active global positioning system. The department shall electronically monitor, using an active global positioning system or similar system that is designed to actively monitor, identify, and timely report a person's location, all offenders who: (1) Are serving a term of community custody on or after the effective date of this act;

(2) Are required to register under RCW 9A.44.130 pursuant to a conviction for a sex offense committed against a victim under the age of eighteen; and

(3) Have been designated as risk level three or have registered as lacking a fixed residence.

Provides that, by December 1, 2007, the department must report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature the results of the pilot project.