WA People
BILL · 1999–00 SESSION

HB 2898: Single trial court system

Allowing counties the option of creating a single trial court system.

Summary

  • C Allows county superior court and district court judges to vote to consolidate all courts as superior courts.
  • C Provides procedures for turning all district court judicial positions into superior court positions in any county in which judges chooses consolidation.
  • C Makes various changes that apply to all courts, whether or not they choose consolidation, including increasing juror pay, increasing small claims court jurisdiction, and requiring the use of facilitators.
  • C Directs studies of various aspects of the court system.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 2898), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2000
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Christopher Hurst (D-31)
Introduced
January 24, 2000 in the House
Last action
February 4, 2000
Budget
Has a fiscal note

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Christopher Hurst (D-31)

22 co-sponsors (16 Democrats, 6 Republicans)

Jerome Delvin R-8Mary Lou Dickerson D-36Kip Tokuda D-37Dow Constantine D-34Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Kathy Lambert R-45Erik Poulsen D-34Luke Esser R-48Jim McIntire D-46Ruth Fisher D-27Renee Radcliff R-21Helen Sommers D-36Kelly Barlean R-10Patricia Lantz D-26Jim Kastama D-25Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Shirley Hankins R-8Hans Dunshee D-39Aaron Reardon D-38Cathy Wolfe D-22Jeanne Edwards D-1Val Ogden D-49

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 2898 in other sessions

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