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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 271

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: placement of inmates in solitary confinement.

Corrections, department of Mental health 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 the placement of any prison inmate with a serious mental

illness in solitary confinement for more than ten days, and requires that a mental

health evaluation be performed on any inmate before he or she is placed in solitary

confinement. The bill also requires that the Department of Corrections evaluate all

prison inmates being held in solitary confinement on the bill's effective date within

90 days and relocate any inmates for whom continued solitary confinement is

impermissible.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Kessler (D) , Mason (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

3 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D)

Full history

  1. Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Crowley, Bowen, Berceau, Kessler, Vruwink, Considine, Mason, Sinicki, Zepnick, Billings, Zamarripa, Subeck, Ohnstad and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Carpenter and C. Larson

  2. Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1