BILL · 1999–00 SESSION
HB 2717: Peace officers
Modifying provisions pertaining to the certification of peace officers.
Summary
- C Requires all Washington peace officers, as a condition of continuing employment, to timely obtain and retain basic certification as peace officers.
- C Establishes a five-member hearings board to both hear the cases and make the final administrative decisions regarding a law enforcement officer's certification.
- C Requires that all contents of personnel action reports, files, and other information obtained by the commission, relating to an officer's certification or decertification, remain confidential and exempt from public disclosure.
From the House Bill Report (HB 2717), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 19, 2000
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Ida Ballasiotes (R-41)
- Introduced
- January 19, 2000 in the House
- Last action
- February 4, 2000
- Requested by
- State agency
- Companion bill
- SB 6641
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Ida Ballasiotes (R-41)
9 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 4 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.
HB 2717 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2717 (2025–26) Highly capable student alloc
- HB 2717 (2019–20) Learning assistance program
- HB 2717 (2017–18) Public schools
- HB 2717 (2015–16) Tacoma Narrows bridge tolls
- HB 2717 (2013–14) Sheep blood
- HB 2717 (2011–12) Higher education innovations
- HB 2717 (2009–10) Leave from state facilities
- HB 2717 (2007–08) Overtime compensation