History

1984.The Criminal Justice Information Act (CJIA) was enacted in 1984, in part to provide “timely and accurate criminal histories.” The CJIA also established an executive committee appointed by the heads of the Department of Corrections (DOC), the Office of Financial Management (OFM) and the Washington State Patrol (WSP). The committee was tasked to provide recommendations on how this goal could be achieved.

1992. In 1992, to “provide direction to the CJIA Executive Committee,” the statutory members of the CJIA Executive Committee facilitated the
creation of a Justice Information Committee (JIC) under the Information Services Board (ISB). The JIC was composed of five state agency directors (Administrator of the Courts (AOC), Department of Information Services (DIS), DOC, OFM and the WSP) and five local representatives (district and superior court judges, prosecutors, clerks and law enforcement).

2002-2003. In 2002 the CJIA and Justice Information committees were consolidated in preparation for a proposed law establishing a single
governance body with a broader mandate for directing justice integration statewide. Pursuant to RCW §10.98.210, the reconstituted Executive
Committee became the Integrated Justice Information Board in July 2003.

Around the same time, five agencies (AOC, DIS, DOC, DOL, WSP) agreed to fund the hiring of a program director and the creation of a program office at DIS to support the new governance structure.