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Committee clears bill removing $100 cap on DOC release transportation and urging nonprofit coordination
Summary
The Community Safety, Justice & Reentry Committee voted to report out Senate Bill 50-29, which removes a prior $100 limit on Department of Corrections transportation for people leaving total confinement and directs DOC to coordinate with nonprofits to ensure safe transport to an authorized location in state.
The Community Safety, Justice & Reentry Committee voted to report out engrossed substitute Senate Bill 50-29 with a due-pass recommendation, removing a statutory limit that had required release transportation to be the least expensive public method costing $100 or less and reaffirming that DOC must deliver people to an authorized location within Washington.
The measure changes Department of Corrections (DOC) requirements for people released or transferred from total confinement. Under the bill summary presented to the committee, the prior requirement that release transportation be the least expensive method of public…
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