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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 568

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , James (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D) , Wirch (D)

40 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Brooks (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Drake (D) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson and Brandtjen , 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) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Snyder (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R) , Vining (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage 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 23, 2023 · Senate

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

  2. Oct 23, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations

  3. Oct 24, 2023 · Senate

    Representatives J. Anderson and Brandtjen added as cosponsors

  4. Oct 24, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 27, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 27, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  7. Jan 24, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  9. Feb 22, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  10. 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)

  11. Mar 7, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  12. Mar 7, 2024 · Senate

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

  13. Mar 7, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  14. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1