ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1185
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Fosse, Farivar, Simmons, Wylie, and Salahuddin
Prefiled 01/07/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Community Safety.
AN ACT Relating to membership on the correctional industries advisory committee; and amending RCW 72.09.080 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 72.09.080 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 21 s 40 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The correctional industries advisory committee shall consist of 11 voting members in total, with nine of the voting members(( , )) appointed by the secretary and two of the voting members appointed by the governor . Each member shall serve a three-year staggered term. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall each appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses in their respective houses. The legislators so appointed shall be nonvoting members and shall serve two-year terms, or until they cease to be members of the house from which they were appointed, whichever occurs first. The nine members appointed by the secretary shall include three representatives from labor, three representatives from business representing cross sections of industries and all sizes of employers, and three members from the general public. The two voting members appointed by the governor must be individuals from underrepresented populations who have direct lived experience as those terms are defined in RCW 43.18A.010 , but may not be currently incarcerated in total confinement as that term is defined in RCW 9.94A.030 .