SSB 5308 -
By Committee on Public Safety
ADOPTED 04/11/2013
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 7.68 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The commercially sexually exploited children statewide
coordinating committee is established to address the issue of children
who are commercially sexually exploited, to examine the practices of
local and regional entities involved in addressing sexually exploited
children, and to make recommendations on statewide laws and practices.
(2) The committee is convened by the office of the attorney general
and consists of the following members:
(a) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house
of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house;
(b) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate
appointed by the speaker of the senate;
(c) A representative of the governor's office appointed by the
governor;
(d) The secretary of the children's administration or his or her
designee;
(e) The secretary of the juvenile rehabilitation administration or
his or her designee;
(f) The attorney general or his or her designee;
(g) The superintendent of public instruction or his or her
designee;
(h) A representative of the administrative office of the courts
appointed by the administrative office of the courts;
(i) The executive director of the Washington association of
sheriffs and police chiefs or his or her designee;
(j) The executive director of the Washington state criminal justice
training commission or his or her designee;
(k) A representative of the Washington association of prosecuting
attorneys appointed by the association;
(l) The executive director of the office of public defense or his
or her designee;
(m) Three representatives of community service providers that
provide direct services to commercially sexually exploited children
appointed by the attorney general;
(n) Two representatives of nongovernmental organizations familiar
with the issues affecting commercially sexually exploited children
appointed by the attorney general;
(o) The president of the superior court judges' association or his
or her designee;
(p) The president of the juvenile court administrators or his or
her designee;
(q) Any existing chairs of regional task forces on commercially
sexually exploited children;
(r) A representative from the criminal defense bar;
(s) A representative of the center for children and youth justice;
(t) A representative from the office of crime victims advocacy; and
(u) The executive director of the Washington coalition of sexual
assault programs.
(3) The duties of the committee include, but are not limited to:
(a) Overseeing and reviewing the implementation of the Washington
state model protocol for commercially sexually exploited children at
pilot sites;
(b) Receiving reports and data from local and regional entities
regarding the incidence of commercially sexually exploited children in
their areas as well as data information regarding perpetrators,
geographic data and location trends, and any other data deemed
relevant;
(c) Receiving reports on local coordinated community response
practices and results of the community responses;
(d) Reviewing recommendations from local and regional entities
regarding policy and legislative changes that would improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of local response practices;
(e) Making recommendations regarding policy and legislative changes
that would improve the effectiveness of the state's response to and
promote best practices for suppression of the commercial sexual
exploitation of children;
(f) Making recommendations regarding data collection useful to
understanding or addressing the problem of commercially sexually
exploited children; and
(g) Reviewing and making recommendations regarding strategic local
investments or opportunities for federal and state funding to address
the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
(4) The committee must meet no less than annually.
(5) The committee shall report its findings to the appropriate
committees of the legislature and to any other known statewide
committees addressing trafficking or the commercial sex trade by June
30th of each year.
(6) This section expires June 30, 2015."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Provides that:
(1) The Committee will be convened by the Office of the Attorney
General;
(2) The Committee's primary task is overseeing and reviewing the
implementation of the Washington State Model Protocol for Commercially
Sexually Exploited Children at pilot sites;
(3) The legislative representatives will be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the
Senate;
(4) The representatives of NGOs and community services providers
will be appointed by the Attorney General's office;
(5) A representative of the center for children and youth will
serve on the committee; and
(6) The section will expire June 30, 2015.