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Law & Justice Committee sends wide slate of bills to Rules after executive session
Summary
The Senate Law & Justice Committee reviewed more than a dozen bills in an executive session on March 20 and recommended most for further action, adopting several technical and policy amendments along the way.
The Washington State Senate Law & Justice Committee met in executive session on March 20 and considered a large package of bills. Committee members moved and voted to recommend most bills for further action; the committee recorded due-pass recommendations on a slate of measures and adopted or rejected several amendments during the session.
Key outcomes (votes recorded in committee):
- House Bill 10-46 (immunity for rescuers in vehicles): Committee adopted Amendment Alpha (requires a rescuer to notify law enforcement or call 911 before entering a vehicle to qualify for immunity) and gave HB 10-46 a due-pass recommendation to Rules.
- House Bill 11-12 (removes city residency requirement for judges pro tem in large municipalities): Received a due-pass recommendation to Rules; no amendments were offered in committee.
- Engrossed Substitute House Bill 11-49 (preventing cruelty to animals): Two amendments were considered. Amendment Bravo (requiring officer determinations of abandonment to be based on eyewitness or…
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