ESHB 1169: Concerning legal financial obligations.

What this bill does

Eliminates the crime victim penalty assessment and establishes alternative state funding for crime victim and witness programs. Eliminates the DNA database fee and establishes alternative state funding for the DNA database and DNA collection costs. Requires a court, upon motion of an offender, to waive a previously imposed crime victim penalty assessment or DNA database fee.

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Floor votes

• House: 79 Cheney Pg 1 Ln 9 · February 28, 2023
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2023
  56 yea · 41 nay · 1 not voting
• House: Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 19, 2023
  56 yea · 42 nay
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 12, 2023
  30 yea · 19 nay

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