Preparing incarcerated people for successful reentry upon release from a correctional facility.

 H-3383.1

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1239

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By House Community Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives Doglio, Farivar, Obras, Peterson, Wylie, Ormsby, and Hill)

READ FIRST TIME 02/04/26.

AN ACT Relating to preparing incarcerated people for successful reentry upon release from a correctional facility; amending RCW 9.94A.729 and 7.69.030 ; adding a new section to chapter 72.09 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature recognizes that reentry readiness reduces recidivism, reducing the harm to individuals, families, and communities. The state of Washington has committed to reducing recidivism and increasing reentry readiness by joining and pledging to support the national reentry 2030 initiative.

The legislature recognizes that an equitable incentive in the form of earned release time incentivizes behaviors which lead to reentry readiness, while also addressing existing racial inequities in earned time and graduated reentry.