BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5549

SB 5549: Offender medical release

Authorizing extraordinary medical placements for offenders with serious medical conditions.

Summary

The Secretary of Corrections may authorize the extraordinary medical placement of an offender if the offender's medical condition requires costly treatment, the risk to public safety is negligible due to the offender's physical incapacitation, and the state would realize a cost benefit. Electronic monitoring is mandatory unless it interferes with medical equipment or results in a loss of funding for medical care.

From the Substitute Senate Bill Report (SSB 5549), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedJan 27, 1999
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 13, 1999
Passed Housestopped here
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Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
Introduced: January 27, 1999 in the Senate
Last action: January 12, 2000
Requested by: Other
Companion bill: HB 1299
Budget: Has a fiscal note
Versions: SB 5549, SSB 5549

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 13, 1999

Version voted on: SSB 5549

43 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 6 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	22	0	0	5
Republican	21	0	0	1

How each member voted

Yea (43)

Excused (6)

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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 5549 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5549 (2025–26) Job applicants and employees · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5549 (2023–24) Electric security alarms · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5549 (2021–22) Bingo gambling activities · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5549 (2019–20) Distillery marketing & sales · Enacted · Chapter 238, Laws of 2020
SB 5549 (2017–18) Liquor industry services · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5549 (2015–16) Pharmacy assistants · Enacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2016, 1st Special Session
SB 5549 (2013–14) Surgical technologists · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5549 (2011–12) Physical therapy · Did not pass · died in committee

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