WA SB5147

Establishes a 24-member task force to review Washington's criminal insanity and competency to stand trial laws (RCW Chapter 10.77), including representatives from DSHS, courts, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement, mental health advocates, and individuals with lived experience in the forensic mental health system

Task force must comprehensively review existing laws to modernize language, remove administrative barriers, improve public safety, and enhance understanding for victims, committed individuals, families, and courts

Requires recommendations on terminology changes to promote patient-centered language, reduce stigma, and improve coherence between legal and medical terminology

Task force must report findings and recommendations to the governor and legislature by December 1, 2026, with the task force expiring June 30, 2027

Directs the code reviser to reorganize approximately 60 sections of RCW Chapter 10.77 into logical groupings (General, Authorized Leave, Community Notifications, Evaluations, Criminal Insanity, and Competency to Stand Trial) and decodify five outdated sections