S-0601.1
SENATE BILL 5499
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senators Christian, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Wagoner, and C. Wilson
Read first time 01/27/25. Referred to Committee on Human Services.
AN ACT Relating to codifying the body scanner program at the department of corrections; adding a new section to chapter 72.09 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that in 2022, the governor signed into law 2nd Substitute Senate Bill No. 5695, the drug free prisons act to reduce entry of contraband into institutions and to increase personal dignity for incarcerated individuals. The legislature finds that since March 2018, the department of corrections has been using body scanners to detect contraband, which has resulted in the confiscation of nearly 1,000 unique items, over 43 grams of controlled substances, and over $100 in currency. The legislature recognizes that without passage of legislation, funding and authorization for the body scanner program will discontinue. Therefore, the legislature resolves to continue existing practice of the body scanner program by codifying operational standards and requiring continued utilization of scanners in certain institutions of total confinement.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 72.09 RCW to read as follows: