BILL REQ. #:  H-0330.1 

Read first time 01/26/2007.   Referred to Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.

     AN ACT Relating to registration of methamphetamine offenders; and adding a new section to chapter 9A.44 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 9A.44 RCW to read as follows:
     (1)(a) There is created within the Washington state patrol a registry of persons convicted after the effective date of this act of a violation of RCW 69.50.401(2)(b), 69.50.440, or 69.50.406.
     (b) This registry shall be maintained by the Washington state patrol and made available for public inquiry on the internet.
     (c) The registry shall consist of the person's name, date of birth, offense or offenses making the person eligible for inclusion on the registry, the conviction date and county of those offenses, and other identifying data as the Washington state patrol determines is necessary to properly identify the person, but shall not include the person's social security number.
     (2) On and after the effective date of this act, the court clerks shall forward a copy of the judgment and date of birth of all persons who are convicted of a violation of the offenses described in subsection (1)(a) of this section to the Washington state patrol. The information shall be forwarded to the Washington state patrol within forty-five days of the date of judgment.
     (3) Upon a petition by a person listed in the registry, the Washington state patrol shall remove from the registry the name and other identifying information of the person if more than seven years have passed since the date of the most recent qualifying conviction under subsection (1)(a) of this section.
     (4) Any person required to register under this section shall follow all of the requirements applicable to kidnapping offenders under RCW 9A.44.130.