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WashingtonHB 18152025-2026 Regular SessionHouse

Concerning prison riot offenses.

Sponsored By: Strom Peterson (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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

New sentencing relief for youth-facility riots

Beginning April 25, 2025, relief is required when a youth-facility prison riot case helped determine a criminal sentence or juvenile penalty. Covered cases arose in Department of Children, Youth, and Families facilities or county juvenile detention centers, including past cases. Prosecutors must request relief, and affected people can also ask the court that imposed the sentence or penalty. Courts must grant relief, promptly schedule an expedited hearing, and set a new sentence or penalty without counting the riot case. The law does not specify the new sentence or penalty.

Riot record relief for youth-facility cases

Beginning April 25, 2025, Washington limits prison riot offenses to facilities primarily holding people age 18 or older. It excludes Department of Children, Youth, and Families facilities and county juvenile detention centers. This change also covers convictions, juvenile court findings, and charges within the five years before April 25, 2025. People with covered youth-facility riot records can ask the sentencing court to vacate them; the court must grant qualifying requests. For other covered correctional rules, the facility definition still includes prisons, adult jails, and juvenile detention centers.

Internal discipline for institutional riot behavior

By August 1, 2025, the department must handle covered prison riot behavior in institutions through its internal discipline system. It must establish rules for treating this behavior as an infraction. When appropriate, it can also impose an infraction for an offense vacated under this law.

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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