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2019 Senate Bill 5291: Creating alternatives to total confinement for certain qualifying persons with minor children
Introduced by Sen. Jeannie Darneille (Tacoma) (D) on January 17, 2019
Referred to the Senate Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation Committee on January 17, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 7, 2019
Expands eligibility for participation in a family sentencing alternative program by including the ability for offenders to apply for the program if the prior violent felony offense occurred more than five years ago; and excluding prior juvenile adjudications when considering eligibility for the parenting sentencing alternative.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 8, 2019
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 26, 2019
Expands eligibility for participation in a family sentencing alternative program by including the ability for offenders to apply for the program if the prior violent felony offense occurred more than five years ago; and excluding prior juvenile adjudications when considering eligibility for the parenting sentencing alternative.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 28, 2019
Amendment offered by Sen. Steve O'Ban (Pierce County) (R) on March 12, 2019
Clarifies that offenders with current or prior conviction for a violent felony offense must be determined to be a low risk to reoffend in order to be eligible for the parenting sentencing alternative.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 12, 2019
Amendment offered by Sen. Mike Padden (Spokane Valley) (R) on March 12, 2019
Prohibits offenders found by the United States attorney general to be subject to a deportation detainer or order and offenders who become subject to a deportation order during the period of their sentence from participating in the parenting sentence alternative and community parenting program.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on March 12, 2019
Received in the House on March 14, 2019
Referred to the House Public Safety Committee on March 14, 2019
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on April 3, 2019
Received in the Senate on January 13, 2020
Referred to the Senate Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation Committee on January 13, 2020
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 30, 2020
Expands eligibility for participation in a family sentencing alternative program and excludes prior juvenile adjudications when considering eligibility.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on January 30, 2020
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 3, 2020
Received in the House on February 18, 2020
Referred to the House Public Safety Committee on February 18, 2020
Received in the Senate on March 10, 2020
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 25, 2020