This bill creates new law and amends existing law to address "net nanny" internet sting operations in which undercover law enforcement or others pose as minors. It adds a defined category of "fictitious minor" (a minor persona controlled by someone who is not that minor) and defines "net nanny" operations. The bill amends RCW 9A.44.140 (sex offender registration durations) and RCW 9.94A.507 (sentencing, custody, and supervision rules) and creates additional sections to establish registration and supervision rules specifically for people convicted in net nanny operations who have no prior predatory history and who remain offense-free for specified periods. The registration changes set different durations based on offense class, prior convictions, and age at offense: indefinite registration for adults convicted of a class A felony or any sex/kidnapping offense with prior sex/kidnapping convictions; 15 years for class B felonies with no prior such convictions; 10 years for class C felonies and certain related violations or attempts/solicitations/conspiracies with no prior convictions; and a special 5-year registration period for persons required to register because of a conviction stemming from a net nanny operation involving a fictitious minor (including attempts/solicitations/conspiracies), where the person has no prior predatory convictions and can spend five consecutive years in the community without a disqualifying conviction. The bill also provides 3-year or 2-year registration periods for certain persons required to register under RCW 9A.44.130(1)(b) depending on the offender's age when committing a class A offense (age 15–17 or otherwise), with durations measured from release or entry of judgment and contingent on consecutive years in the community without disqualifying convictions. The sentencing and custody changes in RCW 9.94A.507 clarify which offenders are sentenced under that section, set sentencing ranges and minimum-term rules (including a rule that in certain predatory or vulnerable-victim cases the minimum term must be the greater of the standard range or 25 years), require confinement in state-operated or state-contracted facilities for specified offenders, and address community custody and supervision. The bill mentions modifications to supervision and registration for offenders with convictions from net nanny operations, but the provision addressing offenders released by the board is truncated in the provided text and other new sections referenced are not fully visible. A cross-reference change taking effect January 1, 2026 is noted but the full implications are not provided in the extracted material.

If enacted, the bill would allow people convicted after undercover "net nanny" stings who used a fake minor persona and who have no prior predatory history to end their sex-offender registration after five consecutive years in the community without a new disqualifying conviction, rather than facing the longer 10-, 15-year, or lifetime registration periods that apply in many other cases. At the same time the bill keeps very long minimum prison terms (at least 25 years) and state confinement requirements for offenders who meet certain predatory or vulnerable-victim findings, so some offenders will still face long sentences and placement in state-operated or contracted facilities. The groups most affected are people convicted because of net nanny operations (who may gain a shorter registration duty and less long-term stigma if they stay offense-free), the Department of Corrections and the supervision board (which must apply the new shorter-registration category and continue to manage custody and monitoring for others), and state correctional facilities (which remain responsible for housing those subject to the enhanced minimum terms). The bill text provided is incomplete about how the board will handle offenders released under these new rules and about a cross-reference change effective January 1, 2026, so some supervision and implementation details and any precise fiscal effects on agency workloads or costs remain unclear.