CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2035



61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 21, 2009
  Yeas 98   Nays 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 16, 2009
  Yeas 47   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2035 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2035
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By House Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Klippert, O'Brien, Shea, Haler, Roach, Armstrong, Pearson, McCune, Condotta, Orwall, Ross, Hurst, Smith, Kristiansen, Kretz, Orcutt, Kelley, Warnick, and Angel)

READ FIRST TIME 02/20/09.   



     AN ACT Relating to requiring registered sex and kidnapping offenders to submit information regarding any e-mail addresses and any web sites they create or operate; and amending 2008 c 230 s 4 (uncodified).

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

Sec. 1   2008 c 230 s 4 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
     (1) The sex offender policy board, as created by chapter . . . (Substitute Senate Bill No. 6596), Laws of 2008, shall review and make recommendations for changes to the statutory requirements relating to sex offender and kidnapping offender registration and notification. The review and recommendations shall include, but are not limited to:
     (a) The appropriate class of felony and sentencing designations for a conviction of the failure to register;
     (b) The appropriate groups and classes of adult offenders who should be required to register;
     (c) The appropriate groups and classes of juvenile offenders who should be required to register;
     (d) When a sex offender or kidnapping offender should be relieved of registration or notification requirements and the process for termination of those obligations; ((and))
     (e) Simplification of the statutory language to allow the department of corrections, law enforcement, and offenders to more easily identify registration and notification requirements; and
     (f) The appropriate groups and classes of adult, and juvenile, if any, offenders who should be required to submit their electronic mail address or any other internet communication name or identity including, but not limited to, instant message, chat, or social networking names or identities, and the uniform resource locator of any personal web site created or operated by the person, for purposes of monitoring potentially inappropriate online behavior, and the appropriate sanctions for failure to provide such information in a timely and accurate manner, as well as any other issues associated with establishing and implementing such a requirement.
     (2) In formulating its recommendations, the board shall review the experience of other jurisdictions and any available evidence-based research to ensure that its recommendations have the maximum impact on public safety.
     (3) The board shall report to the governor and the relevant committees of the legislature no later than November 1, 2009.

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