Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: a grant program for community prosecutors and making an appropriation. (FE)
County — Finance Court — Procedure District attorney Justice, department of
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill establishes a grant program, administered by the Department of
Justice, that allows counties to create a community prosecutor program. Under the
bill, each county that receives a grant shall designate one or more assistant district
attorneys to operate as community prosecutors. Under the bill, community
prosecutors engage civic leaders, law enforcement agencies, and community
members to develop community outreach programs that are designed to prevent
crime, to identify neighborhood nuisances and crimes affecting quality of life, and to
reduce crime and eliminate the nuisances. Under the bill, community prosecutors
prosecute violent crimes and, whenever possible, resolve nonviolent crimes with
alternatives to prosecution or alternatives to incarceration.
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 29, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Barnes, Zamarripa, Brostoff, Spreitzer, Johnson and Zepnick
- Mar 29, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Apr 5, 2016 · Assembly
Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1