DOC release transportation

AN ACT Relating to the transportation of individuals released or 1
discharged from the custody of the department of corrections; and 2
amending RCW 72.02.100. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
Sec. 1. RCW 72.02.100 and 2024 c 32 s 1 are each amended to read 5
as follows: 6
(1) Any person serving a sentence for a term of confinement in a 7
state correctional facility ((for convicted felons )), pursuant to 8
court commitment, who is thereafter released upon an order of parole 9
of the indeterminate sentence review board, or who is discharged from 10
custody upon expiration of sentence, or who is ordered discharged 11
from custody by a court of appropriate jurisdiction, shall be 12
entitled to retain his or her earnings from labor or employment while 13
in confinement and shall be supplied by the superintendent of the 14
state correctional facility with suitable and presentable clothing, 15
the sum of no less than $40 for subsistence, and transportation by 16
the ((least expensive )) method of public transportation ((not to 17
exceed the cost of $100 )) to ((his or her )) the person's place of 18
residence or the place designated in ((his or her )) the person's 19
parole plan, or to the place from which committed if such person is 20
being discharged on expiration of sentence, or discharged from 21
S-0048.2
SENATE BILL 5029
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators C. Wilson, Frame, Hasegawa, Nobles, Saldaña, Trudeau, and
Wellman
Prefiled 12/10/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Human Services.
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custody by a court of appropriate jurisdiction: PROVIDED, That up to 1
an additional $60 may be made available to the parolee for necessary 2
personal and living expenses upon application to and approval by such 3
person's community corrections officer. If in the opinion of the 4
superintendent suitable arrangements have been made to provide the 5
person to be released with suitable clothing and/or the expenses of 6
transportation, the superintendent may consent to such arrangement. 7
If the superintendent has reasonable cause to believe that the person 8
to be released has ample funds, with the exception of earnings from 9
labor or employment while in confinement, to assume the expenses of 10
clothing, transportation, or the expenses for which payments made 11
pursuant to this section or RCW 72.02.110 or any one or more of such 12
expenses, the person released shall be required to assume such 13
expenses. If the department of corrections has made arrangements with 14
a partnering nonprofit organization that will support the 15
individual's reentry into the community, the department shall make 16
every effort to coordinate the timing of the individual's release 17
from the department's custody, including the timing of transportation 18
to the person's place of residence or place from which discharged 19
from custody.20
(2)(a) The same requirements of subsection (1) of this section 21
shall apply to any person who is serving a sentence for a term of 22
confinement in a state correctional facility and is:23
(i) Transferred to community custody under the supervision of the 24
department of corrections pursuant to RCW 9.94A.501, or in lieu of 25
earned release time under RCW 9.94A.729; 26
(ii) Transferred from a department correctional facility to 27
partial confinement as home detention in the community as part of the 28
graduated reentry program under RCW 9.94A.733 or the parenting 29
program under RCW 9.94A.6551; 30
(iii) Transferred from a department correctional facility to 31
partial confinement in lieu of earned early release under RCW 32
9.94A.729, or as part of the work release program under chapter 72.65 33
RCW; or 34
(iv) Conditionally released by the indeterminate sentence review 35
board with conditions of community custody under the supervision of 36
the department pursuant to RCW 9.95.011, 9.95.420, 9.94A.730, or 37
10.95.030. 38
(b) The items and arrangements to be supplied by the 39
superintendent of the state correctional facility under this 40
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subsection must be provided at the moment of the person's transfer 1
from total confinement to partial confinement, or transfer from total 2
confinement to community custody. 3
(3)(a) The department of corrections may only provide the funds 4
for subsistence required by subsection (1) or (2) of this section one 5
time to any person serving a sentence for a term of confinement in a 6
state correctional facility. 7
(b) Any funds for subsistence provided to a person under this 8
section shall not be subject to any deductions required under RCW 9
72.09.480 or chapter 72.11 RCW. 10
(4)(a) The department of corrections may provide temporary 11
housing assistance for a person being released from any state 12
correctional facility through the use of rental vouchers, for a 13
period not to exceed six months, if the department finds that such 14
assistance will support the person's release into the community by 15
preventing housing instability or homelessness. The department's 16
authority to provide vouchers under this section is independent of 17
its authority under RCW 9.94A.729; however, a person may not receive 18
a combined total of rental vouchers in excess of six months for each 19
release from a state correctional facility. 20
(b) The department shall establish policies for prioritizing 21
funds available for housing vouchers under this section for persons 22
at risk of releasing homeless or becoming homeless without assistance 23
while taking into account risk to reoffend. 24
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