SB 6502-S - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/09/06)

Creates a statewide automated victim information and notification system.

Finds that notifying victims of crime when their offender is released from incarceration, transferred, or served with a protective order is vital to enhancing the safety and mental well-being of a victim. In recognition of the victim's needs, some Washington state local governments have implemented a victim notification system. However, only a few local governments have implemented these systems which are presently not connected to an interoperable statewide system.

Declares it is the intent of this act to provide victims throughout our state with the knowledge they need to secure their physical and mental well-being.