BILL REQ. #:  H-4668.1 



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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2422
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State of Washington61st Legislature2010 Regular Session

By House Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Parker, Hurst, Driscoll, Kelley, Dammeier, Schmick, and Ormsby)

READ FIRST TIME 01/26/10.   



     AN ACT Relating to escape or disappearance notification requirements; and amending RCW 10.77.165.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 10.77.165 and 1993 c 31 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) In the event of an escape by a person committed under this chapter from a state ((institution)) facility or the disappearance of such a person on conditional release ((to the department of social and health services, the superintendent, or in the event of a disappearance of such a person on conditional release to the department of corrections, the community corrections officer)) or other authorized absence, the superintendent shall provide notification of the person's escape or disappearance for the public's safety or to assist in the apprehension of the person.
     (a) The superintendent
shall((, as appropriate,)) notify:
     (i) State and
local law enforcement officers((,)) located in the city and county where the person escaped;
     (ii) O
ther appropriate governmental agencies((,)); and
     (iii) T
he person's relatives((, and)).
     (b) The superintendent shall provide the same notification as required by (a) of this subsection to the following, if such notice has been requested in writing about a specific person committed under this chapter:
     (i) The victim of the crime for which the person was convicted or the victim's next of kin if the crime was a homicide;
     (ii) Any witnesses who testified against the person in any court proceedings if the person was charged with a violent offense; and
     (iii) A
ny other appropriate persons ((about information necessary for the public safety or to assist in the apprehension of the person)).
     (2) Information regarding victims, next of kin, or witnesses requesting the notice, information regarding any other person specified in writing by the prosecuting attorney to receive the notice, and the notice are confidential and shall not be available to the person committed under this chapter.
     (3)
The notice provisions of this section are in addition to those provided in RCW 10.77.205.

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