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House committee reports out substitute expanding earned-release time and creating peer-support pilots, amid split over limits
Summary
The House Community Safety Committee voted 5-4 to report substitute HB 1239 to the floor, expanding earned release eligibility prospectively, requiring DOC pilot programs for incarcerated survivors, and adopting amendments that exclude bias-motivation enhancements from earning credits and add a pilot for a men's receiving center.
The House Community Safety Committee on Feb. 2 reported substitute House Bill 12-39 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after a 5-4 roll-call vote, advancing a package that expands earned release time and creates short pilot programs to support incarcerated survivors.
The bill's proposed substitute allows earned release time of up to one-third of a qualifying sentence for eligible categories, but applies prospectively to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2026. It requires the Department of Corrections to establish a two-year pilot program of peer-support specialists at the Washington Corrections Center for Women and, by amendment, at a men's receiving center to support incarcerated survivors of sexual and intimate-partner violence. The Office…
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