HB 2800 - DIGEST

Provides that, if the offender is being sentenced for taking a motor vehicle without permission in the first degree, taking a motor vehicle without permission in the second degree, or taking a motor vehicle without permission in the third degree, and the offender has previously been sentenced on two or more occasions for any of the following: Taking a motor vehicle without permission in the first degree, taking a motor vehicle without permission in the second degree, or taking a motor vehicle without permission in the third degree, an additional five years shall be added to the standard sentence range for the crime the offender is being sentenced for.

Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire additional five years is mandatory, shall be served in total confinement, and shall run consecutively to all other sentencing provisions, for all offenses sentenced under chapter 9.94A RCW. However, whether or not a mandatory minimum term has expired, an offender serving a sentence under this subsection may be granted an extraordinary medical placement when authorized under RCW 9.94A.728(4).