HOUSE BILL REPORT

SHB 1271

BYHouse Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Brooks, Braddock, May and P. King;by request of Department of Corrections)

Revising provisions relating to the department of corrections.

House Committe on Health Care

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  (9)

      Signed by Representatives Braddock, Chair; Bristow, Brooks, Cantwell, Lewis, Lux, D. Sommers, Sprenkle and Vekich.

House Staff:Bill Hagens (786-7131)

AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 8, 1988

BACKGROUND:

The creation of the Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) have brought about major changes in the corrections system.  Not all of these changes are reflected properly in statute.

Presently, the corrections center at Shelton is limited to single cell housing.  This limits DOC in housing offenders.

SUMMARY:

Numerous technical changes to the DOC statutes are made.  RCW 72.13.091, which requires single cell housing at the corrections center, is repealed.

EFFECT OF SENATE AMENDMENT(S):  (1) Places a limit of 133 percent of rated capacity on the Shelton Correction center. (2) Sets an emergency effective date.

Fiscal Note:      Requested January 18, 1988.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Joseph Lehman, Department of Corrections; Bill Williams, Department of Corrections.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    Updating of the statutes is necessary.  The single celling requirement limits Department of Corrections capacity.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.

VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Yeas 83; Nays 15

Voting Nay: Representatives Anderson, Belcher, Brekke, Cole, Heavey, Jacobson, Jones, Nelson, Rust, Sayan, Todd, Unsoeld, Valle, Wang, Wineberry