Resentencing of individuals sentenced as a persistent offender.

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HOUSE BILL 1229

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Hackney, Goodman, Simmons, Ormsby, and Hill

Prefiled 01/09/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Community Safety.

AN ACT Relating to resentencing of individuals sentenced as a persistent offender, or sentenced to an exceptional sentence pursuant to a plea agreement intended to avoid a persistent offender sentence, due to a robbery in the second degree charge or conviction; and amending RCW 9.94A.647 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 9.94A.647 and 2021 c 141 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In any criminal case wherein an offender has been sentenced as a persistent offender, or wherein an exceptional sentence was imposed pursuant to a plea agreement which avoided a possible persistent offender sentence, the offender must have a resentencing hearing if a current or past charge or conviction for robbery in the second degree was used as a basis for the finding that the offender was or would have been a persistent offender.