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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6085
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Senate Human Services (originally sponsored by Senators C. Wilson, Nobles, and Wellman)
READ FIRST TIME 01/28/26.
AN ACT Relating to the transparency in expenditures from the institutional welfare account; amending RCW 72.09.092 ; 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 recognizes that providing incarcerated individuals with meaningful opportunities for personal enrichment, family visitation and contact, recreation, and related activities supports rehabilitation and prosocial behavior and contributes to institutional safety and well-being. The legislature further recognizes the importance of ensuring that expenditures from the institutional welfare account are informed by the lived experiences and real-time needs of incarcerated individuals.
Accordingly, the legislature intends to formalize a collaborative process among the department of corrections and the incarcerated individuals served by the institutional welfare account. To promote equitable and informed decision making, the legislature further finds that community and affinity groups comprised of currently incarcerated individuals should be consulted to the greatest extent practicable.