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WashingtonHB 18152025-2026 Regular SessionHouse

Concerning prison riot offenses.

Sponsored By: Strom Peterson (Democratic)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Clear youth riot records and resentence

Beginning April 25, 2025, you can ask the court to clear a prison riot conviction or adjudication. This applies if the offense happened while you were in a facility run by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families or a county juvenile detention center. If that conviction was used to set your sentence, the court must resentence you as if it never happened. In juvenile cases, the court must reopen and set a new disposition the same way. These rights also reach cases charged, adjudicated, or convicted within five years before April 25, 2025.

Defines which facilities count as prisons

The law clarifies which places count as correctional institutions. For most rules in this chapter, it includes state prisons, county and city jails, juvenile detention centers, and facilities run by the Department of Corrections, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, or local governments. For one key section, it only covers places mainly for adults 18 or older and excludes youth and county juvenile facilities. It also defines state correctional institution for two sections as DOC prisons used only to hold convicted felons.

Internal discipline for prison riot behavior

Beginning April 25, 2025, the Department must treat certain prison riot behavior as an internal infraction in its behavior‑management system. By August 1, 2025, the Department must start responding to that conduct through this internal process. Even if a court vacates a prior riot conviction under this law, the Department can still issue an internal infraction for the conduct.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Strom Peterson

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Julio Cortes

    Democratic • House

  • Roger Goodman

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 149 • No: 91

House vote • 4/18/2025

Final Passage as Amended by the Senate

Yes: 58 • No: 37 • Other: 3

Senate vote • 4/8/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate

Yes: 27 • No: 21 • Other: 1

House vote • 3/12/2025

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 64 • No: 33 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter 169, 2025 Laws.

    4/25/2025House

  2. Governor signed.

    4/25/2025legislature

  3. Effective date 4/25/2025.

    4/25/2025House

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    4/21/2025legislature

  5. President signed.

    4/19/2025legislature

  6. Speaker signed.

    4/18/2025legislature

  7. Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3.

    4/18/2025House

  8. House concurred in Senate amendments.

    4/18/2025House

  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    4/8/2025House

  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    4/8/2025House

  11. Floor amendment(s) adopted.

    4/8/2025House

  12. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    4/2/2025House

  13. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    3/26/2025House

  14. Minority; without recommendation.

    3/25/2025House

  15. Minority; do not pass.

    3/25/2025House

  16. HS - Majority; do pass.

    3/25/2025House

  17. First reading, referred to Human Services.

    3/14/2025House

  18. Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    3/12/2025House

  19. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/12/2025House

  20. Floor amendment(s) adopted.

    3/12/2025House

  21. 1st substitute bill substituted.

    3/12/2025House

  22. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    3/10/2025House

  23. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/21/2025House

  24. ELHS - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/18/2025House

  25. ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    2/18/2025House

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