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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 503

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: implementing a suicide prevention program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Death Debt public Health services department of — Health Public employee Public employee — Group insurance

  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 requires the Department of Health Services to implement a suicide

prevention program, coordinate suicide prevention activities with other state

agencies, administer grant programs involving suicide prevention, and perform

various other functions specified in the bill to promote efforts to prevent suicide. The

bill authorizes two positions in DHS for implementing the suicide prevention

program, one of which is the director of the suicide prevention program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D) , Olsen (R) , Ringhand (D) , Schachtner (D)

40 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Ballweg (R) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Oldenburg (R) , Ott (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Ramthun (R) , Riemer (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wittke (R) , Zamarripa (D) , Zimmerman (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 18, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Olsen, Bernier, Carpenter, Ringhand and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Doyle, Anderson, Bowen, Cabrera, Crowley, Duchow, Edming, James, Kitchens, Kulp, Kurtz, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, Neubauer, Oldenburg, Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Ramthun, Riemer, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vining, Vruwink, Wittke, Zamarripa and Zimmerman

  2. Oct 18, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Oct 29, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 20, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1