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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 478

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Relating to: investigations of officer-involved deaths.

Criminal identification and investigation Death Family Police

  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

Current law requires at least two investigators to investigate a death that

involves a law enforcement officer. Under current law, neither investigator may be

employed by a law enforcement agency that employs an officer involved in the death.

This bill modifies that limitation and adds another limitation so that neither

investigator may be an individual who was employed or whose immediate family

member was employed within the previous 10 years by a law enforcement agency

that employs an officer involved in the death.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D)

15 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hong (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. Aug 5, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Agard, Carpenter, Larson and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Bowen, Hong, Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Emerson, Hebl, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Shelton, Sinicki and Spreitzer

  2. Aug 5, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1