Improving safety at state juvenile rehabilitation institutions.

 S-3845.1

SENATE BILL 6144

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senators Braun and Conway

Read first time 01/14/26. Referred to Committee on Human Services.

AN ACT Relating to improving safety at state juvenile rehabilitation institutions; amending RCW 9.94.049 , 9.94A.640 , and 13.40.044 ; and repealing RCW 9.94A.646 and 13.40.043 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 9.94.049 and 2025 c 169 s 1 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.