ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1815
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By House Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Peterson, Cortes, and Goodman)
READ FIRST TIME 02/21/25.
AN ACT Relating to prison riot offenses; amending RCW 9.94.049 and 9.94A.640 ; adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW; adding new sections to chapter 13.40 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9.94.049 and 2021 c 243 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) (a) For the purposes of this chapter, except for RCW 9.94.010 , the term "correctional institution" means any place designated by law for the keeping of persons held in custody under process of law, or under lawful arrest, including state prisons, county and local jails, juvenile detention centers, and other facilities operated by the department of corrections, department of children, youth, and families, or local governmental units primarily for the purposes of punishment, correction, or rehabilitation following conviction or adjudication of a criminal offense.