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2ESSB 5892 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-2702.2/13) 546

By Representative Alexander

WITHDRAWN 06/27/2013

    On page 5, after line 31, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  (1)(a) The department must, in consultation with the caseload forecast council, compile the following information in summary form for the two years prior to and after the effective date of this section:  For offenders sentenced under RCW 9.94A.517 for a seriousness level I offense where the offender score is three to five:  (A) The total number of sentences and the average length of sentence imposed, sorted by sentences served in state versus local correctional facilities; (B) the number of current and prior felony convictions for each offender; (C) the estimated cost or cost savings, total and per offender, to the state and local governments from the change to the maximum sentence pursuant to RCW 9.94A.517(1); and (D) the number of offenders who were sentenced to community custody, the number of violations committed on community custody, and any sanctions imposed for such violations.

    (b) The department must submit a report with its findings to the office of financial management and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the house of representatives and the senate by January 1, 2015, and January 1, 2018.

    (2) For purposes of this section, "department" means the department of corrections."

   

     Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

 

     On page 6, after line 10, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 10.  This act expires July 1, 2018."

 

 

 

 

    EFFECT:   

 

Requires the DOC, in consultation with the Caseload Forecast Council, to compile information on the impacts of the changes to the Drug Sentencing Grid and to submit reports to the Legislature and the Office of Financial Management by January 1, 2015, and January  1, 2018.
Provides that the changes in the underlying bill to the Drug Sentencing Grid and to the calculation of jail presentence credits expire July 1, 2018.

 

 

 

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