Text of WA HB 1027 (2026)
Concerning housing of inmates in state correctional facilities.
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AN ACT Relating to housing of inmates in state correctional
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facilities; and adding a new section to chapter 72.09 RCW.
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 72.09
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RCW to read as follows:
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An inmate may not be housed in a correctional facility that
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primarily houses persons of a different biological sex than that of
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the inmate if the inmate has previously been convicted of a sex
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offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 against a victim whose biological
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sex is the same as those persons who are primarily housed in that
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correctional facility.
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H-0195.1
HOUSE BILL 1027
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Representative Jacobsen
Prefiled 12/10/24.
p. 1
HB 1027