Relating to: written resource guides informing inmates and juveniles in custody of their rights and making an appropriation. (FE)
SB 847 requires state correctional institutions and juvenile facilities to create and maintain written "Know Your Rights" resource guides for inmates and juveniles. These guides must explain rights based on legal status, confinement type, and facility, and be updated annually or after legal changes. The guides must be posted in facilities, provided to new entrants or upon request, and explained by trained staff during intake or transfers. The bill appropriates $200,000 for developing these guides, with requirements to involve formerly incarcerated people in the process, and takes effect July 1, 2027.
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Introduced Jan 15, 2026
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Jan 15, 2026
Introduced
Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Larson and Spreitzer;
cosponsored by Representatives Madison, Haywood, Rivera-Wagner, Arney, Bare, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Hong, Joers, Ortiz-Velez, Phelps, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Tenorio and Udell
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Chris Larson
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LaTonya Johnson
DDemocratic
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Mark Spreitzer
DDemocratic
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