Washington HB 1736: Establishing a state student loan program.

Bill Text

AN ACT Relating to procedures and requirements for reporting and 1
investigating missing persons; amending RCW 68.50.320; adding a new 2
section to chapter 43.43 RCW; and repealing RCW 36.28A.110, 3
36.28A.112, and 36.28A.120.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
Sec. 1. RCW 68.50.320 and 2022 c 251 s 5 are each amended to 6
read as follows:7
When a person reported missing has not been found within thirty 8
days of the report, or at any time the investigating agency suspects 9
criminal activity to be the basis of the victim being missing, the 10
sheriff, chief of police, county coroner or county medical examiner, 11
or other law enforcement authority initiating and conducting the 12
investigation for the missing person shall: (1) File a missing 13
person's report with the Washington state patrol missing and 14
unidentified persons unit; (2) initiate the collection of DNA samples 15
from the known missing person and their family members for nuclear 16
and mitochondrial DNA testing along with the necessary consent forms; 17
and (3) ((ask the missing person's family or next of kin to give 18
written consent to contact the dentist or dentists of the missing 19
person and request the person's dental records; and (4))) enter the 20
case into the national crime information center system through the 21
H-1507.1
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1736
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By House Community Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives
Lekanoff, Springer, Ormsby, Parshley, Hill, Nance, Pollet, and Ramel)
READ FIRST TIME 02/20/25.
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Washington state patrol electronic database. Upon knowledge from the 1
national crime information center system, the Washington state 2
patrol's crime information center, or similar or subsequent 3
authority, that a person in custody at a jail, or being released from 4
custody, is the subject of a missing person's report, the jail shall 5
notify the agency of original jurisdiction for the missing person's 6
report.7
The Washington state patrol missing and unidentified persons unit 8
shall ask the missing person's family or next of kin to give written 9
consent to contact the dentist or dentists of the missing person and 10
request the person's dental records.11
The missing person's dentist or dentists shall provide diagnostic 12
quality copies of the missing person's dental records or original 13
dental records to the ((sheriff, chief of police, county coroner or 14
county medical examiner, or other law enforcement authority,)) 15
Washington state patrol missing and unidentified persons unit when 16
presented with the written consent from the missing person's family 17
or next of kin or with a statement from the sheriff, chief of police, 18
county coroner or county medical examiner, or other law enforcement 19
authority that the missing person's family or next of kin could not 20
be located in the exercise of due diligence ((or that)), the missing 21
person's family or next of kin refuse to consent to the release of 22
the missing person's dental records ((and there is reason to believe 23
that the missing person's family or next of kin may have been 24
involved in the missing person's disappearance)), or the missing 25
person's family or next of kin is not able to sign a release due to 26
circumstances that limit access and ability to obtain a signature.27
As soon as possible after collecting the DNA samples, the 28
sheriff, chief of police, or other law enforcement authority shall 29
submit the DNA samples to the appropriate laboratory. ((Dental 30
records shall be submitted as soon as possible to the Washington 31
state patrol missing and unidentified persons unit.))32
The descriptive information from missing person's reports and 33
dental data submitted to the Washington state patrol missing and 34
unidentified persons unit shall be recorded and maintained by the 35
Washington state patrol missing and unidentified persons unit in the 36
applicable dedicated missing person's databases.37
When a person reported missing has been found, the sheriff, chief 38
of police, coroner or medical examiner, or other law enforcement 39
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authority shall report such information to the Washington state 1
patrol.2
The dental identification system shall maintain a file of 3
information regarding persons reported to it as missing. The file 4
shall contain the information referred to in this section and such 5
other information as the Washington state patrol finds relevant to 6
assist in the location of a missing person.7
The files of the dental identification system shall, upon 8
request, be made available to law enforcement agencies attempting to 9
locate missing persons.10
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.43 11
RCW to read as follows:12
(1) The Washington state patrol missing and unidentified persons 13
unit shall establish and maintain a statewide missing persons 14
website, which shall be available