UPDATES 9 A.M. SUNDAY, 4/26: The Senate early today passed 42-1 and sent to the House SB 6162, correcting a flaw in ESSB 5288 (see below); SB 6162 adds back the requirement that offenders who have a current conviction for a serious violent offense must be supervised by the Department of Corrections regardless of the offender's risk to reoffend; this represents another big victory for Federation Community Corrections members in their session-long campaign for public safety....
UPDATE: The House Sunday morning also passed SB 6162, on a vote of 95-0, and sent it to the governor....The Senate on Saturday narrowly concurred with the House amendments to the much improved but still troubling ESSB 5288 that lowers supervision of low- and moderate-risk offenders.
The Senate vote to go along with the House came on a slim, 26-23 majority.
The bill now goes to the governor for her signature into law.
The bill had been amended to preserve several important parts of supervision of sex offenders and in cases of domestic violence. And a study will determine if it is effective, if it becomes law.
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