BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5757: Child abuse investigations
Providing for law enforcement investigations and proceedings pertaining to child abuse or neglect.
Summary
- Declares that the authority to investigate allegations of child abuse or neglect is vested solely with law enforcement agencies. No other agency or division of Washington state government is authorized to investigate such allegations. If a report of suspected child abuse or neglect is filed with any other state agency or division, that agency or division shall forward the report to the local law enforcement agency.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 11, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Val Stevens (R-39)
- Introduced
- February 11, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Val Stevens (R-39)
3 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
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 5757 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5757 (2025–26) Auto. traffic safety revenue
- SB 5757 (2023–24) Transp. revenue forecast
- SB 5757 (2021–22) Multifamily properties/REET
- SB 5757 (2019–20) Early learning basic ed. prg
- SB 5757 (2017–18) Rx drug step therapy
- SB 5757 (2015–16) Credit union governance
- SB 5757 (2013–14) Information technology
- SB 5757 (2011–12) Groundwater protection