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WA SB6334

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/29/2026

Primary Sponsor

Nikki Torres

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits sexually violent predators released to less restrictive alternatives from residing in housing that directly abuts (shares a property boundary with) any residence where a minor lives
  • Adds this abutting restriction to existing requirements that already mandate a minimum 500-foot distance from schools and child care facilities
  • Amends RCW 71.09.096, which governs conditional release conditions for persons civilly committed under Washington's sexually violent predator law
  • Courts must impose this restriction as a mandatory condition when authorizing any less restrictive alternative placement

Legislative Description

Prohibiting a less restrictive alternative placement from abutting a residence with a minor in the household.

Last Action

First reading, referred to Human Services.

1/29/2026

Committee Referrals

Human Services1/29/2026

Full Bill Text

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