5219-S.E AMH GRIF LANG 160

ESSB 5219 - H AMD TO APP COMM AMD (H-2186.1/25) 1099

By Representative Griffey

NOT ADOPTED 04/11/2025

On page 1, line 9 of the striking amendment, after "circumstances." insert "The legislature declares its specific intent to dedicate any savings generated by this act to a special account to be used for purposes specified in section 9 of this act."

On page 42, after line 6 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. A new section is added to chapter 72.09 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The reentry and public safety account is created in the state treasury.

(2) Expenditures from the account may be used only for:

(a) Reducing caseloads of community corrections officers by increasing the number of community corrections officers;

(b) Implementing and expanding evidence-based strategies to increase the effectiveness of community supervision;

(c) Funding medication-assisted treatment in jails; and

(d) Establishing and expanding reentry services for individuals leaving incarceration from prisons and jails.

(3) It is the express intent of the legislature that moneys in the reentry and public safety account may not be transferred to any other account or spent for any purposes other than provided under this section.

(4) Revenues to the reentry and public safety account consist of:

(a) Funds transferred to the account pursuant to this act; and

(b) Any other revenues appropriated to or deposited into the account.

(5)(a) Moneys transferred to the reentry and public safety account in (4)(a) of this subsection may only be used by the department for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section.

(b) Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.

(6) Moneys appropriated to the reentry and public safety account may not be used to supplant existing funding or levels of service."

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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