H-2793.1
HOUSE BILL 2457
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Representative Davis
Read first time 01/13/26. Referred to Committee on Community Safety.
AN ACT Relating to ensuring access to victim services through the crime victim penalty assessment; amending RCW 7.68.035 , 9.92.060 , 9.94A.6333 , 9.94A.760 , 9.94B.040 , 9.95.210 , and 10.01.180 ; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 7.68.035 and 2023 c 449 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) (( Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, when )) When any adult person is found guilty in any superior court of having committed a crime, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, there shall be imposed by the court upon such convicted person a penalty assessment. The assessment shall be in addition to any other penalty or fine imposed by law and shall be (( five hundred dollars )) $2,000 for each case or cause of action that includes one or more convictions of a felony or gross misdemeanor and (( two hundred fifty dollars )) $1,000 for any case or cause of action that includes convictions of only one or more misdemeanors. The court may impose an additional surcharge on the penalty assessment, as provided in this section, to ensure the availability of victim support services and sustainable funding for such services, and to provide the defendant an opportunity to repair the harm the defendant has caused.