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This report includes suggestions and recommendations for House Bill 2178 (2024) after the Sex Offender Policy Board (SOPB) was legislatively convened to review the bill to identify key points of contention among Board members and to attempt to build consensus on an amended version of the bill. It is related to the SOPB’s prior recommendations made in 2022 regarding lifetime supervision.

Keywords: lifetime supervision, risk level, community supervision

This is the final, comprehensive report on the Sex Offender Policy Board’s (SOPB) mandated convention in Chapter 236, Laws of 2021, Sections 14 and 15, to continue its review of sexually violent predators and less restrictive alternatives during the 2021-2023 biennium. The report includes a system overview, recommendations and updates regarding implementation.

Keywords: 71.09, civil commitment, less restrictive alternative, treatment, housing

This is the Sex Offender Policy Board’s (SOPB) semi-annual report from July through December 2002 related to its legislatively mandated convention in Chapter 236, Laws of 2021, Sections 14 and 15 to continue its review of sexually violent predators and less restrictive alternatives during the 2021-2023 biennium.

Keywords: 71.09, civil commitment, less restrictive alternative, treatment

This report contains 26 recommendations with supporting rationale regarding the Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative (SSOSA), enactment of a new treatment alternative for certain sex offenses, the creation of a pathway off of lifetime supervision for individuals who meet eligibility criteria, failure to register, and other system improvements.

Keywords: sentencing alternative, treatment, failure to register, lifetime supervision, community supervision, victim services

This is the Sex Offender Policy Board’s (SOPB) semi-annual report from January through June 2022 related to its legislatively mandated convention in Chapter 236, Laws of 2021, Sections 14 and 15, to continue its review of sexually violent predators and less restrictive alternatives during the 2021-2023 biennium.

Keywords: 71.09, civil commitment, less restrictive alternative, treatment

This report summarizes the findings and recommendations made by the Sex Offender Policy Board (SOPB), the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and the Department of Health (DOH) workgroup in four areas: 1) best practices in other states and make recommendations whether sex offender treatment providers should be required to contract with the department; 2) whether annual or biannual trainings by the department should be mandatory for prospective and existing sex offender treatment providers; 3) whether the department should provide competitive wages for services or pay that is commensurate with the years of experience or education level of the treatment provider; and 4) whether the department should provide other incentives such as a cost-of-living pay increase or compensating providers for the cost of mandated trainings associated with the sex offender treatment provider license under chapter 18.155 RCW.

Keywords: 71.09, treatment, less restrictive alternative, civil commitment

This report includes the 27 recommendations and supporting rationale related to the Sex Offender Policy Board’s (SOPB) review of policies and practices related to youth who have committed sex offenses. It includes recommendations related to treatment expansion, changes to WA’s juvenile registration and notification system, and legal and legislative best practices.

Keywords: juvenile, treatment, registration, community notification, sentencing alternative

This document provides an overview of the Sex Offender Policy Board’s (SOPB) history, projects, and recommendations from 2007 through 2020.

Keywords: registration, community notification, risk level

This report includes a review of the current state and 35 recommendations for SCC releases related to the Board’s review of policies and practices related to civil commitment, sexually violent predators and their release from the Special Commitment Center (SCC).

Keywords: 71.09, civil commitment, less restrictive alternative, community supervision