FINAL BILL REPORT

HB 1912

                                   C 6 L 89

BYRepresentatives Bowman, Patrick, Brumsickle, Belcher, Padden, Tate, Walker, Wolfe, Silver, Fraser, Van Luven, Schmidt, Moyer, Brough, Betrozoff, Locke, Brooks, Vekich, Appelwick, Wood, Youngsman, McLean, Baugher, D. Sommers, Scott, Holland, Horn, Winsley, Dorn, Doty and Rasmussen

Authorizing a juvenile court administrator to fingerprint juvenile offenders under certain conditions.

House Committe on Judiciary

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

It is the duty of the chief law enforcement officer or local director of corrections to send to the State Patrol within 72 hours from the time of arrest, the fingerprints and other identifying data on persons arrested, fingerprinted and photographed. At the arraignment or preliminary hearing of a felony case, the judge must ensure that the defendant has been fingerprinted and that an arrest and fingerprint form has been sent to the State Patrol.

SUMMARY:

The juvenile court administrator is authorized to initiate the arrest and fingerprint form for a juvenile felony defendant.  When a juvenile is arrested and is brought directly to a juvenile detention facility, a juvenile court administrator may have the juvenile photographed and fingerprinted, and may transmit this information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 93   0

      Senate    47     0

EFFECTIVE:July 23, 1989