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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 835

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Relating to: administration of prescription drugs by correctional officers.

Drugs Prison

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a correctional officer who is not a health care provider from

administering to prisoners a prescription drug unless the officer has, within the

previous year, had at least four hours of training on the administration and safe

handling of prescription drugs and on how to handle an allergic reaction to a

prescription drug.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Considine (D) , Danou (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hintz (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Mason (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Zepnick (D)

6 cosponsors

Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Ringhand (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hintz, Barnes, Goyke, Berceau, Danou, Ohnstad, Johnson, Sinicki, Mason, Kahl, Genrich, Pope, Jorgensen, Considine, Subeck, Zepnick and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, L. Taylor, Hansen, Harris Dodd, Wirch and Ringhand

  2. Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to withdraw from the committee on Corrections, Ayes 34, Noes 62

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1