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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 389

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Relating to: solitary confinement of an inmate under 18 years of age.

Juvenile detention facility

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 an inmate under 18 years of age from being held in solitary

confinement. Under current law, an inmate of a prison or jail may be held in solitary

confinement under the care and advice of a physician, but not over ten days, for

violating the rules of the prison or jail.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D)

13 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Fields (D) , Goyke (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Aug 10, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Carpenter, Larson, Miller, Risser and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Young, Crowley, Bowen, Fields, Berceau, Goyke, Ohnstad, Pope, Subeck, C. Taylor, Wachs and Zepnick

  2. Aug 10, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Aug 14, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1