BILL REQ. #: H-0085.1

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HOUSE BILL 1054
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State of Washington

61st Legislature

2009 Regular Session

By Representatives Moeller, Chase, Appleton, Williams, Rolfes, Kirby, Hasegawa, Blake, and Dickerson

Prefiled 12/30/08. Read first time 01/12/09. Referred to Committee on Human Services.

AN ACT Relating to notification of parents, guardians, and custodians when a juvenile is taken into custody by law enforcement; and adding a new section to chapter 13.40 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 13.40 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The legislature finds that parents have a fundamental interest in knowing if their child has been taken into police custody for questioning and where their child is being held.
     (2) When a law enforcement officer takes a juvenile into custody, a reasonable attempt must be made to notify a parent, guardian, or custodian that the juvenile is in custody and where the juvenile is being held.

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