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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 595

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Relating to: administration of prescription drugs by correctional officers.

Drugs Police 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

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

administering a prescription drug to a prisoner 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: Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Johnson (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

19 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Kolste (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (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, Hintz, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Bowen, 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. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1