The Attorney General's Office has created several task forces to assist the office in carrying out important initiatives.

Sunshine Committee

Counsel for the Environment

Hate Crime Advisory Working Group

This Friday (3/6), there will be a Data Collection & Reporting Subcommittee phone call from 2:30-3:30 pm.

Phone: 1-800-747-5150; PIN: 3893856

Tomorrow’s call will focus on three subjects: defining hate incidents in statute, third-party reporting tools (hotlines), and resources for the public on how to report hate crimes. Below you will find materials for the call as well as an agenda.

Materials:

• Article on Oregon’s new hate crime statute: the article highlights how Oregon now requires data collection on hate incidents, and how those incidents are defined
• Press release on Maryland’s hate crime hotline
• SPD’s hate crime brochure for victims

Agenda:

• Intros – 5 minutes
• Review of Data Collection & Reporting legislative objectives – 5 minutes
• Discussion of hate incidents – 10 minutes
  • Defining hate incidents
  • Collecting data about hate incidents
•  Discussion of third-party reporting tools – 10 minutes
• • Learning from other states
  • Considering involvement of community organizations
• Discussion of information resources for victims – 10 minutes
  • Increasing awareness among the public
• Closing thoughts/next steps – 5 minutes 

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Pursuant to legislation passed during the 2019 Session, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1732, the Attorney General’s Office is convening the Advisory Working Group to develop strategies to raise awareness of and enhance responses to hate crimes and hate incidents. 

Appointed by the Governor and the Legislature, Advisory Working Group members represent diverse, multidisciplinary fields and communities. 

The meeting is open to the public.

When: Wednesday, December 5, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: 

• Office of the Attorney General
• 1250 Pacific Avenue, Suite 105
• Tacoma, WA 98401

Video Conference: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/509057469

Phone Conference: 1-800-747-5150, Access: 3893802

Materials: Agenda

Materials from previous meetings:

• September 6, 2019 - Agenda / Minutes

Youth Safety and Well-being Statewide Reporting Tool Work Group

Pursuant to the 2019 Legislative Operating Budget HB 1109, the Attorney General’s Office was tasked with convening the Youth Safety and Well-being Statewide Reporting Tool Work Group to study and make a proposal for the implementation of a twenty-four-hour statewide hotline or app for receiving reports and other information related to youth safety and well-being. 

The Work Group will hold at least three meetings and submit recommendations to the Legislature by July 31, 2020.The Work Group meetings are open to the public.

When: Tuesday, December 10, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: 

• Office of the Attorney General
• 800 Fifth Avenue Suite 2000 
• Seattle, WA 98104

Video Conference: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/560931837

Phone Conference: 1-800-747-5150, Access Code: 3893802

Materials: Agenda / Charter

Senate Bill 6360 Work Group

Under Senate Bill 6360, the Attorney General's Office "shall convene a work group of stakeholders to provide input and feedback on the development of a plan and program for the efficeint statewide consolidation of an individual's traffic-based financial obligations imposed by courts of limited jurisdiction into a unified and affordable payment plan."

The legislation took effect on June 9, 2016, and it requires the Attorney General's Office to submit a report no later than December 1, 2017.

See below for meeting details for the Work Group: