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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington (Governor; Department of Corrections; Washington National Guard and State Guard); State level · Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.06.220; chs. 38.08 and 38.52 RCW
- Issued
- 2020-04-15 Apr. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-15
- End
- Statutory waivers 'until 11:59 PM on May 15, 2020,' extended by 20-50.1 et seq.; the Guard order continued under every succeeding proclamation through the end of the State of Emergency (Oct. 31, 2022) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 15, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationHealth care ordersOther
- Addressees
- Department of Corrections
- Washington National Guard and State Guard (The Adjutant General)
- State agencies
- victims and communities entitled to notification
- Functions reached
- OP DOC release, supervision and reentry operations (in-person contact requirement waived)
- CB work-release and reentry housing contractors (population changes)
- SC food-service and commissary vendors of 12 prisons
- WF Guard members' civilian employers (activation)
- Collection
- State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD
Operative words
I continue to order into active state service the organized militia of Washington State to include the National Guard and the State Guard, or such part thereof as may be necessary in the opinion of The Adjutant General to address the circumstances described above... FURTHERMORE, based on the above situation and under the provisions of RCW 43.06.220(2)(g), I also find that strict compliance with the following statutory and regulatory obligations or limitations will risk reducing the availability of essential services and prevent, hinder, or delay the response to the COVID-19 pandemic... and that the portion or language of each statutory and regulatory provision specified below is hereby waived and suspended... until 11:59 PM on May 15, 2020... 11. RCW 9.94A.736(2)(c) - the following only: 'through in-person contact'... FURTHERMORE, I direct the Department of Corrections to continue to explore actions to identify other incarcerated individuals for potential release through Rapid Reentry, furlough, commutation, or emergency medical release, as eligible and needed.
Enforcement
RCW 43.06.220(5): willful violation of a gubernatorial emergency order is a gross misdemeanor
Notes
Recital: 'on March 30, 2020, to reduce the incarcerated population in Washington, I issued Emergency Proclamation 20-35, which removes a requirement to arrest and incarcerate certain individuals who have violated the terms of their community supervision.' The proclamation is also a Guard instrument: every Washington COVID-19 proclamation re-ordered the organized militia into active service.