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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 591

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Relating to: first responders on duty at prisons. (FE)

Medical service — Occupations Prison

  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

Under this bill, the warden or superintendent of each prison that houses

maximum security inmates must ensure that at least five first responders, in

additional to correctional officers and sergeants, are on duty at all times.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Johnson (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

16 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Nov 29, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Erpenbach, Wirch, Johnson, Hansen and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Considine, C. Taylor, Genrich, Hesselbein, Pope, Fields, Goyke, Zamarripa, Berceau, Subeck, Anderson, Billings, Sargent, Shankland, Kolste and Sinicki

  2. Nov 29, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Dec 5, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Erpenbach

  4. Dec 12, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Dec 14, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1