HB1027 • 2026

Housing of inmates

Concerning housing of inmates in state correctional facilities.

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Jacobsen, Representative Marshall, Representative Burnett, Representative Couture
Last action: 2026-01-12
Official status: H Community Safe
Effective date: Not listed

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Housing of inmates

What This Bill Does

Housing of inmates

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Bill History

2026-01-12 House
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Official Summary Text

Housing of inmates

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT Relating to housing of inmates in state correctional 1
facilities; and adding a new section to chapter 72.09 RCW.2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 72.09 4
RCW to read as follows: 5
An inmate may not be housed in a correctional facility that 6
primarily houses persons of a different biological sex than that of 7
the inmate if the inmate has previously been convicted of a sex 8
offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 against a victim whose biological 9
sex is the same as those persons who are primarily housed in that 10
correctional facility. 11
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H-0195.1
HOUSE BILL 1027
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Jacobsen, Marshall, Burnett, and Couture
Prefiled 12/10/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Community Safety.
p. 1 HB 1027