HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1271

BYRepresentatives 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 REPORT BY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE JANUARY 19, 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:

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  RCW 72.13.091, which requires single cell housing at the corrections center, is repealed.

SUBSTITUTE BILL COMPARED TO ORIGINAL:  Non-substantive language changes are made.

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.