Concerning criminal offense fingerprinting.

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SENATE BILL 5223

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Wagoner, Holy, and Nobles; by request of Washington State Patrol

Prefiled 01/10/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to criminal offense fingerprinting; and amending RCW 10.98.050 and 43.43.735 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 10.98.050 and 1999 c 49 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) It is the duty of the chief law enforcement officer or the local director of corrections to transmit within seventy-two hours from the time of arrest to the section fingerprints together with other identifying data as may be prescribed by the section, and statutory violations of any person lawfully arrested, fingerprinted, and photographed under RCW 43.43.735 . The disposition report shall be transmitted to the prosecuting attorney, county clerk, or appropriate court of limited jurisdiction, whichever is responsible for transmitting the report to the section under RCW 10.98.010 .