Title 9, CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

(1) Sections 1 through 3 and 5 of chapter 436, Laws of 2005, supersede and preempt all rules, regulations, codes, statutes, or ordinances of all cities, counties, municipalities, and local agencies regarding the same subject matter. The state preemption created in this section ap…

In addition to any other information required to be released under other provisions of this chapter, the department may, pursuant to RCW 4.24.550, release information concerning convicted sex offenders confined to the department of corrections. [ 1990 c 3 s 124. Formerly RCW 9.94…

(1) The sentencing guidelines commission is hereby created, located within the office of financial management. Except as provided in RCW 9.94A.875, the commission shall serve to advise the governor and the legislature as necessary on issues relating to adult and juvenile sentenci…

Revisions or modifications of standard sentence ranges or other standards, together with any additional list of standard sentence ranges, shall be submitted to the legislature at least every two years. [ 1986 c 257 s 19; 1981 c 137 s 7. Formerly RCW 9.94A.070.] Notes: Severabilit…

(1) Within funds appropriated for this purpose, the sentencing guidelines commission shall establish and maintain a sex offender policy board. (2)(a) The board shall serve to advise the governor and the legislature as necessary on issues relating to sex offender management. (b) A…

If the governor finds that an emergency exists in that the population of a state residential correctional facility exceeds its reasonable, maximum capacity, then the governor may do any one or more of the following: (1) Call the sentencing guidelines commission into an emergency …

If the governor finds that an emergency exists in that the populations of county jails exceed their reasonable, maximum capacity in a significant manner as a result of increases in the sentenced felon population due to implementation of chapter 9.94A RCW, the governor may do any …

(1) The clemency and pardons board is established as a board within the office of the governor. The board consists of 10 members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. (2) In making appointments to the board, the governor shall strive to ensure racial, …

(1) The clemency and pardons board shall receive petitions from individuals, organizations, and the department and make recommendations to the governor for: (a) Commutation of sentences of incarcerated individuals when the sentence no longer serves the interest of justice; and (b…

The clemency and pardons board shall transmit to the governor and the legislature, at least annually, a report of its work, in which shall be given such information as may be relevant. The information must include the names of any individuals granted commutation or a pardon in th…

(1) The sentencing court or the court's successor shall consider recommendations from the indeterminate sentence review board for resentencing offenders convicted of murder if the indeterminate sentence review board advises the court of the following: (a) The offender was convict…

*RCW 9.94A.080 through 9.94A.130, 9.94A.150 through 9.94A.230, and 9.94A.250 and 9.94A.260 shall take effect on July 1, 1984. The sentences required under this chapter shall be prescribed in each sentence which occurs for a felony committed after June 30, 1984. [ 1981 c 137 s 28.…

Sections 1 through 42 of this act take effect July 1, 2001. [ 2000 c 28 s 46.]

Nothing in chapter 290, Laws of 2002 creates an entitlement for a criminal defendant to any specific sanction, alternative, sentence option, or substance abuse treatment. [ 2002 c 290 s 26.] Notes: Effective date—2002 c 290 ss 1, 4-6, 12, 13, 26, and 27: See note following RCW 71…

The provisions of sections 13 through 27, chapter 379, Laws of 2003 apply to all offenders currently, or in the future, subject to sentences with unsatisfied legal financial obligations. The provisions of sections 13 through 27, chapter 379, Laws of 2003 do not change the amount …

For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …

The code reviser shall recodify sections within chapter 9.94A RCW, and correct any cross-references to any such recodified sections, as necessary to simplify the organization of chapter 9.94A RCW. [ 2001 c 10 s 6.]