H-2930.1*LRB10403575RLC13599b* HOUSEHB0044 BILL104TH 2510GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of WashingtonIllinois 69thand Legislature 2026 RegularHB0044 SessionIntroduced By1/9/2025, Representativesby Burnett,Rep. Davis, Goodman, Griffey, and Pollet Read first time 01/15/26.

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ANNew ACTAct RelatingCreates to the supervisionCommunity-Based ofCorrections individualsAct. sentenced to community custody;

andProvides amendingthat RCWthe 9.94A.501.Department of Corrections shall establish a program that funds community-based nonprofit providers to serve emerging adults as an alternative to traditional incarceration.

BEProvides ITthat ENACTEDcommunity-based BYproviders THEshall LEGISLATUREoffer OFhousing, THEworkforce STATEtraining, OFmental WASHINGTON:health counseling, and restorative justice programming in alignment with State guidelines.

Sec.Provides that the program shall be subject to judicial discretion, allowing sentencing judges to assign eligible individuals to community-based settings instead of Department of Corrections facilities.

1.Provides that all community-based providers must have a written agreement with a restorative justice court for all emerging adults within their care to participate in the restorative justice court programs.

RCWProvides 9.94A.501that andcommunity-based 2025providers cshall 371be scompensated 2at area eachrate amendedequivalent to readthe monthly per-inmate cost of incarceration as follows:determined by the Department in its Fiscal Impact Statement.

(1)Community-based Theproviders department shall supervisebe thepaid followingon individualsa whomonthly arebasis sentencedfor tothe probationnumber inof superiorindividuals court,within pursuanttheir tocare. RCW 9.92.060, 9.95.204, or 9.95.210:

(a)Provides Individualsthat convictedthe of:Department of Corrections shall allocate existing budget authority for contractual services to fund the program created by the Act.

(i)Provides Sexualthat misconductthe withDepartment aof minorHuman secondServices degree;shall establish operational standards, including housing conditions, workforce training quality, and mental health support services, to ensure program efficacy.

(ii)Provides Custodialthat sexualthe misconductDepartment secondof degree;Human Services shall monitor and evaluate providers to maintain compliance with State and judicial requirements.

(iii)Provides Communicationthat withcommunity-based aproviders minorshall forsubmit immoralannual purposes;reports to the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services detailing participant outcomes, including recidivism rates, employment statistics, and community reintegration success.

andProvides (iv)that Violationthe Department of RCWCorrections 9A.44.132(2)shall (failurereport program performance to register);the General Assembly annually, including cost savings from reduced incarceration based on emerging adults participating with community-based providers for fewer years than they would serve in a Department of Corrections facility.

andEffective (b)immediately. Individuals who have:

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(2)Section Individuals1. convicted of misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenses supervised by the department pursuant to this section shall be placed on community custody.

p.Short title.

1This HBAct 2510may (3)be Thecited departmentas shall supervise every individual convicted of a felony and sentenced to community custody pursuant to RCW 9.94A.701 or 9.94A.702 whose risk assessment classifies the individualCommunity-Based asCorrections oneAct. who is at a high risk to reoffend.

(4)Section Notwithstanding5. any other provision of this section, the department shall supervise an individual sentenced to community custody regardless of risk classification if the individual:

(a)Purpose. Has a current conviction for a sex offense or a serious violent offense and was sentenced to a term of community custody pursuant to RCW 9.94A.701, 9.94A.702, or 9.94A.507;

(b)The Haspurpose beenof identifiedthis Act is to create a transformative post-conviction model that reduces reliance on traditional incarceration for emerging adults by fostering partnerships between the departmentDepartment asof aCorrections, dangerousthe mentallyDepartment illof offenderHuman pursuantServices, and nonprofit, community-based providers to RCWimplement 72.09.370;restorative justice, workforce training, and mental health support.

(c)Section Has10. an indeterminate sentence and is subject to parole pursuant to RCW 9.95.017;

(d)Definitions. Has a current conviction for violating RCW 9A.44.132(1) (failure to register) and was sentenced to a term of community custody pursuant to RCW 9.94A.701;

(e)(i)In Hasthis aAct: current conviction for a domestic violence felony offense after August 1, 2011, and a prior conviction for a repetitive domestic violence offense or domestic violence felony offense after August 1, 2011.

This"Community-based subsectionprovider" (4)(e)(i)means appliesa onlynonprofit toorganization offensesthat committedprovides priorresidential toand Julyrehabilitative 24,services 2015;to emerging adults.

(ii)"Emerging Hasadult" means an individual who is at least 18 years of age but under 26 years of age who has been convicted of a currentcrime convictionthat is eligible for aconfinement domesticin violencea felonypenal offense.institution.

The"Penal stateinstitution" andhas itsthe officers,meaning agents,ascribed andto employeesthe shallterm notin beSection held2-14 criminally or civilly liable for its supervision of an individual under this subsection (4)(e)(ii) unless the stateCriminal andCode itsof officers,2012. agents, and employees acted with gross negligence;

(f)HB0044 Was- sentenced2 under- RCWLRB104 9.94A.650,03575 9.94A.655,RLC 9.94A.660,13599 9.94A.670,b 9.94A.711,"Restorative 9.94A.695,justice orcourt" 9.94A.661;means a judicial body facilitating community-based resolutions to address harm caused by offenders and promote rehabilitation.

(g)Section Is15. subject to supervision pursuant to RCW 9.94A.745;

((or))Establishment (h)of Wascommunity-based convictedcorrections. and sentenced under RCW 46.61.520 (vehicular homicide), RCW 46.61.522 (vehicular assault), RCW 46.61.502(6) (felony DUI), or RCW 46.61.504(6) (felony physical control);

or(a) (i)The WasDepartment convictedof andCorrections sentencedshall underestablish RCWa 9A.46.110program (stalking).that funds community-based nonprofit providers to serve emerging adults as an alternative to traditional incarceration.

(5)(b) TheCommunity-based departmentproviders shall superviseoffer anyhousing, individualworkforce releasedtraining, bymental thehealth indeterminatecounseling, sentenceand reviewrestorative boardjustice whoprogramming wasin sentencedalignment towith communityState custodyguidelines. or subject to community custody under the terms of release.

(6)(c) The departmentprogram shall supervisebe anysubject individualto grantedjudicial conditionaldiscretion, commutationallowing pursuantsentencing judges to RCWassign 9.94A.885.eligible individuals to community-based settings instead of Department of Corrections facilities.

p.All community-based providers must have a written agreement with a restorative justice court for all emerging adults within their care to participate in the restorative justice court programs.

2(d) HB 2510 (7) The departmentDepartment isof notHuman authorizedServices to,shall andapprove maycommunity-based not,providers superviseas anyeligible individual sentenced to aparticipate termin ofthe communityprogram, custodybased oron anytheir probationerability unlessto thedeliver individualhigh-quality orprogramming probationerconsistent iswith oneDepartment forof whomHuman supervisionServices ismandates. required under this section.

(8)Section The20. department shall conduct a risk assessment for every individual convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of community custody who may be subject to supervision under this section.

(9)Funding The period of time the department is authorized to supervise an individual under this section may not exceed the duration of community custody specified under RCW 9.94B.050, 9.94A.701 (1) through (9), or 9.94A.702, except in cases where the court has imposed an exceptional term of community custody under RCW 9.94A.535 and wherepayment thestructure. governor imposes a term of community custody as a condition of conditional commutation or imposes an additional term of community custody due to a violation of conditional commutation.

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