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2022 Senate Bill 5695: Concerning the body scanner pilot program at the department of corrections
Introduced by Sen. Manka Dhingra (Redmond) (D) on January 10, 2022
Referred to the Senate Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation Committee on January 10, 2022
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 28, 2022
Requires Department of Corrections (DOC) to establish a comprehensive body scanner program at the Washington Corrections Center for Women and a male correctional facility as part of an expanded pilot program to create drug-free prisons.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on January 31, 2022
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 7, 2022
Received in the House on February 16, 2022
Referred to the House Public Safety Committee on February 16, 2022
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 23, 2022
Amendment offered in the House on March 2, 2022
Provides that the Department of Corrections (DOC) must prioritize substance use disorder treatment services for incarcerated individuals with certain symptoms indicating the individual is experiencing a substance use disorder (instead of prioritizing substance use disorder treatment services for incarcerated individuals with certain symptoms indicating the individual is experiencing a substance use disorder "rather than transporting the substance for another"). Adds a provision stating that the DOC must distinguish between incarcerated individuals who have symptoms indicating a substance use disorder and incarcerated individuals who transport substances for other individuals and do not have symptoms indicating a substance use disorder. Adds a null and void clause.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 2, 2022
Received in the Senate on March 7, 2022
Senate concurred in House amendments.
Passed final passage..
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 24, 2022