SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 6906

BYSenator Nelson

Making minor adjustments to chapter 3, Laws of 1990, concerning criminal offenders.

Senate Staff:Cliff Petersen (786-7457)

BACKGROUND:

During the 1990 regular session, the Legislature passed a comprehensive bill concerning sex offenders and their victims (2SSB 6259).  The Governor signed the bill into law (Chapter 3 Laws of 1990).  After the bill was signed, some technical corrections were suggested to improve the bill.  (1) During the amendatory process, the definition of "sexual motivation" was changed in the bill governing adult offenders; a similar change was not made in the definition governing juveniles.  (2) The civil commitment provisions contained a definition of "sexually violent offense" which was intended to pertain to acts that were committed before, on, or after July 1, 1990, however parallel references to the effective date were not made throughout the provision.  (3) An internal cross reference to the provision governing sexual motivation was not changed to correspond to a new section number.

SUMMARY:

Technical corrections are made to the Chapter 3 Laws of 1990 (2SSB 6259), the criminal offender bill concerning sex offenders and their victims.  The technical corrections include technical cross reference changes, consistent definitions of "sexual motivation" and clarification of the retroactive application of "sexually violent offenses."

Effective Date:July 1, 1990