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WA HB2533
Bill
Status
1/16/2026
Primary Sponsor
Kristine Reeves
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AI Summary
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Establishes "fair share principles" requiring each county to have conditional release housing placements proportional to the number of residents from that county who are subject to total confinement as sexually violent predators
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Allows counties to reject placement of a sexually violent predator if the county is not the county of commitment and the placement does not comply with fair share principles, through a vote of elected county officials
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Adds new requirements for conditional release eligibility: the person must have expressed remorse for their sex offenses and must have willingly participated in sex offender treatment while in total confinement
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Changes court authority from mandatory ("shall") to discretionary ("may") for entering conditional release orders and authorizing petitions for unconditional discharge
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Requires notification to the county sheriff and county council when a person is conditionally released outside their county of commitment, and mandates notification to potentially impacted tribes for less restrictive alternative placements
Legislative Description
Modifying procedures for releasing sexually violent predators to less restrictive alternative placements.
Last Action
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
1/16/2026