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Bill would require electronic monitoring when sexually violent predators placed on less-restrictive release
Summary
Substitute House Bill 1457 would require real-time electronic monitoring with programmable geofencing when courts release persons civilly committed as sexually violent predators on less-restrictive alternatives.
Substitute House Bill 1457 was the subject of a March 17 public hearing before the Law & Justice Committee. The bill would require courts to impose electronic monitoring when releasing someone classified and civilly committed as a sexually violent predator (SVP) on a less-restrictive alternative (LRA).
Joe McKittrick, staff counsel, summarized the statutory framework: a sexually violent predator is a legal classification that permits civil commitment at the Special Commitment Center (McNeil Island) when a court finds the…
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