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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 615

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Relating to: creating a task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls. (FE)

Attorney general Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder Minority groups Women

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a task force on missing and murdered African American

women and girls. The task force must be established by the attorney general and

must consist of members who are knowledgeable in crime victims rights or violence

protection and who work in a range of relevant positions as specified in the bill. The

task force must examine various factors that contribute to violence against African

American women and girls and submit to the appropriate standing committees of the

legislature by December 15, 2024, a report on actions that can be taken to eliminate

violence against African American women and girls.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Drake (D) , Edming (R) , Goyke (D) , Hong (D) , Hurd (R) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Magnafici (R) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , S. Johnson (R) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R) , Vining (D)

13 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Bare (D) , Carpenter (D) , Emerson (D) , James (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Taylor (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 7, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 7, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Schraa, Brooks, Baldeh, Novak, Drake, Moore Omokunde, Snyder, O'Connor, Palmeri, Magnafici, Madison, Goyke, Shelton, Mursau, Ohnstad, Conley, Armstrong, Tranel, Ortiz-Velez, Shankland, Edming, Andraca, Joers, Vining, Cabrera, Considine, C. Anderson, Hurd, Behnke, Subeck, Neubauer, Hong, Sinicki, S. Johnson, Ratcliff, Myers, Brandtjen, J. Anderson, Clancy and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators James, L. Johnson, Taylor, Agard, Carpenter, Larson, Smith, Spreitzer, Roys and Wirch

  2. Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Dec 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Assembly Organization and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  4. Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Bare added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 24, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 24, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Feb 6, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stubbs

  9. Feb 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  10. Feb 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  12. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:22 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28

  13. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  19. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Feb 22, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Feb 26, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations

  22. Mar 5, 2024 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Government Operations and rereferred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  23. Mar 7, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  24. Mar 7, 2024 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  25. Mar 7, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  26. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1