SHB 2668 -
By Senator Carrell
On page 2, after line 30, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 (1)(a) A work group on the definition of
bail is established within existing resources. The work group must
consist of the following members:
(i) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate,
appointed by the president of the senate;
(ii) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house
of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives;
(iii) The chief justice of the Washington state supreme court or
the chief justice's designee;
(iv) A superior court judge, appointed by the superior court
judges' association;
(v) A district or municipal court judge, appointed by the district
and municipal court judges' association;
(vi) The governor or the governor's designee;
(vii) The secretary of the Washington state department of
corrections or the secretary's designee;
(viii) The director of the Washington state department of licensing
or the director's designee;
(ix) The Washington state insurance commissioner or the
commissioner's designee;
(x) Two prosecutors, appointed by the Washington association of
prosecuting attorneys or designees of the association;
(xi) Two attorneys selected by separate associations of attorneys
whose members have practices that focus on representing criminal
defendants;
(xii) One police officer and one deputy sheriff, selected by a
statewide association of such officers and deputies;
(xiii) A representative of a statewide association of city
governments, selected by the association;
(xiv) A representative of a statewide association of counties,
selected by the association;
(xv) A representative employed as an adult corrections officer,
selected by a statewide association of such officers;
(xvi) A representative from an entity representing corrections
officers at a local county jail in which adult offenders are in custody
and located in any county with a population in excess of one million
persons, selected by the entity;
(xvii) A representative of a statewide organization concerned
primarily with the protection of individual liberties, selected by the
organization;
(xviii) A representative of a statewide association of advocates
who work on behalf of victims and survivors of violent crimes, selected
by the association;
(xix) A representative of the bail bond enforcement industry,
chosen by a statewide association of bail bond enforcement agents;
(xx) A representative of the bail bond industry, selected by a
statewide association of bail companies; and
(xxi) A representative of a statewide consumer advocacy
organization with at least thirty thousand members, selected by the
organization.
(b) The work group shall choose its cochairs from among its
legislative membership. The legislative cochairs shall convene the
initial meeting of the work group.
(2) The work group shall review, at a minimum, the fifth
recommendation of the bail practices work group created in section 2,
chapter 256, Laws of 2010, regarding establishment of a generally
recognized definition of bail.
(3) The work group shall use staff from senate committee services
and the house of representatives office of program research and meet in
state facilities that do not charge for use.
(4) Legislative members of the work group must be reimbursed for
travel expenses in accordance with RCW 44.04.120. Nonlegislative
members, except those representing an employer or organization, are
entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW
43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(5) The work group may organize itself in a manner and adopt rules
of procedure that it determines are most conducive to the timely
completion of its charge.
(6) The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to
the Washington state supreme court, the governor, and appropriate
committees of the legislature by December 1, 2012.
(7) This section expires December 31, 2012."
SHB 2668 -
By Senator Carrell
On page 1, line 3 of the title, after "2010;", insert "amending RCW 10.19.090, 10.19.100, 10.19.160, 18.185.010, 18.185.040, 18.185.070, 18.185.100, and 18.185.110; adding a new section to chapter 10.19 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date."
EFFECT: Provides for a work group to study recommendation #5 of the bail practices work group.