SB 878

Under current law, a person who has been found to be a sexually violent person

may be involuntarily committed to the Department of Health Services for control,

care, and treatment. If a person is committed and placed in institutional care, the

person may periodically petition the court for supervised release. If a court

determines that supervised release is appropriate, DHS must prepare for the court

a supervised release plan for the person that identifies a proposed residence. If the

person is a serious child sex offender, the person may not be placed into a residence

on a property that is adjacent to a property where a child's primary residence exists.

Under current law a “serious child sex offender” is a person who has been convicted

of first-degree or second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13,

repeated sexual assault of a child under the age of 13, or sexual assault of a child

under the age of 13 placed in substitute care. Under this bill, the definition of serious

child sex offender is expanded to include a person who has been convicted of any

sexually violent offense against a person under the age of 16. This bill also adds that

a person is a serious child sex offender if the person was convicted of an offense and,

as part of a plea agreement, a sexually violent offense was uncharged or dismissed

and the victim of the sexually violent offense was under the age of 16.