Mosbrucker DV Supervision Bill Passes Senate

The Washington State Senate gave unanimous approval Tuesday to a bill by 14th District Rep. Gina Mosbrucker that would ensure the Department of Corrections supervises repeat domestic violence offenders and protects survivors from being stalked and abused.  House Bill 2048 would close a loophole in state law that has allowed felony domestic violent repeat offenders upon release from prison to go after their victims because they have had no supervision.  The bill would remove the words “pleaded and proven” as a requirement before the supervision of domestic violent offenders could be enacted.  The measure would also require an audit of DOC supervisory obligations concerning specified domestic violence offenses.  The audit and report would cover between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2024, and identify the number of individuals under court-ordered supervision, the number of individuals for whom supervision was ordered but has not occurred, and the reason why DOC did not undertake supervision.  A report would be due to the Legislature by Dec. 1.  The bill passed the House and Senate unanimously.  It now goes to the governor for his signature. 

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