BILL · 1995–96 SESSION
SB 6541: Official misconduct/damages
Authorizing persons injured through official misconduct to collect exemplary damages.
Summary
- Authorizes any person who suffers damages as a result of actions described in RCW 9A.80.010, relating to official misconduct, to bring a civil action against the person or persons committing the act in a court of competent jurisdiction for exemplary damages not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars, plus attorneys' fees.
From the Bill Digest (SB 6541), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 17, 1996
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Margarita Prentice (D-11)
- Introduced
- January 17, 1996 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 17, 1996
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Margarita Prentice (D-11)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 6541 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6541 (2019–20) Rec. target shooting areas
- SB 6541 (2017–18) Rules, yearly expiration
- SB 6541 (2015–16) State hospital performance
- SB 6541 (2013–14) Distributed renewable energy
- SB 6541 (2011–12) Layoff aversion
- SB 6541 (2009–10) Voluntary retirement accts
- SB 6541 (2007–08) Military personnel leave
- SB 6541 (2005–06) Tobacco master settlement