Hope Card
It is the intent of the legislature to study the advisability of providing to all recipients of protection orders, who are victims of domestic violence, wallet-sized cards that would provide to law enforcement all information necessary to enforce the protection order.   Substitute Senate Bill 6806

The Collection and Use Of Penalty Assessments Under Chapter 122, Laws of 1996 (SHB2358) December 2005

• Report

Trafficking in Persons Task Force

The 2002 Legislature recently passed SHB 2381creating a task force to study trafficking of persons, and to make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by November 30, 2002. The statute specifies that the Director, or designee, of the Office of Community Development (now CTED) will chair this committee and issue invitations to specified individuals to participate. The Office of Crime Victims Advocacy will coordinate this effort and will work closely with the task force.

• The Report of the Washington State Work Group On Human Trafficking
  (Published December, 2005)
• Trafficking Task Force June, 2004 Final Report  (This report is in PDF
  format and may take a minute to download).
• Trafficking Task Force 2002 Final Report
• Trafficking Resources

Underserved Victims of Crime Task Force

The 2002 Legislature passed Senate Bill 6763, which Governor Gary Locke signed on April 3, 2002.  This legislation created the Washington State Task Force on funding for community-based services to underserved victims of crime.  The legislation defined "underserved victims of crime" for the purpose of this study and the recommendations that would be the product of this effort.  The legislation defines underserved victims of "homicide survivors, physical assault victims (non-domestic violence and nonsexual assault related), robbery victims, child abuse victims, vehicular assault and homicide victims and survivors, and victims of property crimes"

• Final Report

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