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WA SB6340

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/30/2026

Primary Sponsor

Nikki Torres

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases the minimum residential distance restriction from 500 feet to one-half mile from child care facilities, K-12 schools, and recreational facilities for persons conditionally released under the sexually violent predator civil commitment law (RCW 71.09)

  • Applies to individuals released to "less restrictive alternatives" who have been civilly committed as sexually violent predators and are transitioning from secure confinement to community supervision

  • Amends RCW 71.09.096, which governs conditions courts must impose when authorizing conditional release, including electronic monitoring with real-time tracking and exclusion zones

  • Retains existing requirements for court-imposed conditions such as treatment participation, GPS monitoring, community corrections supervision, and restrictions on victim contact and substance use

Legislative Description

Concerning residential restrictions for conditional release to a less restrictive alternative.

Last Action

First reading, referred to Human Services.

1/30/2026

Committee Referrals

Human Services1/30/2026

Full Bill Text

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