WA HB1229

Requires resentencing hearings for offenders sentenced as persistent offenders (or given exceptional sentences via plea agreements to avoid persistent offender status) when robbery in the second degree was used as a qualifying offense

Shifts responsibility for reviewing sentencing documents and initiating resentencing motions from county prosecuting attorneys to the Office of Public Defense

Expands eligibility to include offenders whose arrest or charge (not just conviction) for second-degree robbery contributed to their persistent offender classification

Mandates that robbery in the second degree not be considered a "most serious offense" for resentencing purposes or future persistent offender sentencing after July 25, 2021

Requires the Administrative Office of the Courts and Department of Corrections to provide plea agreement data to the Office of Public Defense to identify eligible individuals and notify them of resentencing eligibility