This bill makes extensive changes to the civil commitment and conditional release procedures in chapter 71.09 RCW, adds a new section to chapter 71A.12 RCW, and creates a temporary moratorium and a legislative work group. It amends existing statutes to expand who must receive written notice of a conditional release, change of address while on conditional release, or unconditional discharge, requires the department to notify State Patrol and enter release information in the Washington Crime Information Center, and sets timing rules for notices (as early as possible and no later than 30 days before release or discharge, except in escapes). Notices to victims, witnesses, prosecuting agencies, local law enforcement, chiefs and sheriffs, members of the legislature, and members of the community are specified, and certain requester information is confidential. The bill changes procedural law governing conditional release and less restrictive alternatives: courts must enter judgment and direct conditional release if the court or jury finds release is in the person’s best interest and minimum conditions are met; courts must impose additional conditions needed for treatment compliance and public protection or remand the person to secure custody. It requires non-DSHS/DOC service providers to agree in writing to provide treatment/monitoring and subjects them to compelled testimony (waiving privilege), mandates electronic monitoring (to the extent feasible with real-time tracking and geofencing) prior to any less restrictive alternative, imposes residence proximity restrictions including a minimum two-mile distance from child care facilities and K–12 schools, requires individualized conditions tailored to risk and criminogenic needs, mandates collaboration among the person, counsel, agencies, providers, and clinical staff to craft conditions, and directs DOC to investigate proposed placements and recommend additional conditions within 60 days. The bill makes administrative and programmatic changes rather than creating new criminal offenses or changing criminal penalties. It declares the department’s development and enforcement of less restrictive alternatives to be quasi-judicial, requires the department to use RFPs and maintain statewide vendor and housing accountability, imposes public notice and participation requirements for housing contracts, requires monthly provider compliance reports and court review of releases within one year and annually thereafter, and directs biannual reporting to the legislature and governor. A new section requires individuals who participated in the community protection program to agree to remain at least two miles from child care facilities and K–12 schools to receive home and community-based waiver services, with refusal barring such services. The act imposes a temporary prohibition through June 30, 2027, on authorizing conditional release to less restrictive alternatives and on siting certain secure community transition facilities (with narrow exceptions), and establishes a legislative siting work group that must report by June 30, 2027; the work group section expires December 31, 2027 and the act takes immediate effect as necessary for public safety. Some bill text and referenced amendments are incomplete in the provided extracts (including portions of RCW 71.09.097 and the new section added to chapter 71A.12 RCW), so fuller statutory language and any additional provisions not included here cannot be described.

If enacted, the bill would tighten who must be told and when about releases, address changes, escapes, and recaptures of sexually violent predators, require DSHS to notify the state patrol and enter releases into the Washington crime information center, and add strict pre-release and post-release requirements: courts must impose conditions that ensure treatment and community safety (including near real‑time electronic monitoring and a minimum two‑mile distance from child care and K–12 schools), DOC must investigate proposed community placements and report conditions within 60 days, service providers must agree in writing and submit monthly compliance reports, a social worker (if funded) must help coordinate benefits and a clinical handoff starting 15 days before release, and courts must review less‑restrictive placements within one year and annually thereafter. The department would also be required to run statewide RFPs, oversee and inspect contracted housing and treatment vendors, hold public participation meetings with advance notice, keep a statewide inventory of placements, and deliver biannual reports to the legislature; meanwhile conditional releases and siting of new secure community transition facilities are temporarily halted through June 30, 2027, and a legislative work group must study siting and report by that date. The biggest practical impacts fall on DSHS (new planning, contracting, oversight, reporting, public process, and likely staffing costs), DOC (investigations and possible social worker duties subject to appropriations), courts (adding and enforcing detailed release conditions and regular reviews), community treatment and housing providers (new contractual obligations, reporting, housing standards, and potential compelled testimony), counties and local governments (more notice and participation duties), and committed individuals (stricter monitoring, residence restrictions, and a rule that those in the community protection program must agree to stay two miles from schools/child care to get home‑ and community‑based waiver services). The text provided is missing some later sections and definitions (including full amendments to RCW 71.09.097 and the new 71A.12 section), and the bill’s actual costs and whether funding is provided for the added staffing and contracting duties are not specified, so exact budgetary effects and some implementation details remain unclear.