BILL · 1999–00 SESSION
SB 5705: Child witnesses of crimes
Including children who witness crimes in the definition of victim.
Summary
- Declares that "victim" also means any child who was present at the scene of a most serious offense, serious violent offense, sex offense, or violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 3, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- February 3, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2000
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
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.
SB 5705 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5705 (2021–22) SR 167 & I-405 tax deferral
- SB 5705 (2019–20) Opportunity scholarship prg
- SB 5705 (2017–18) Behavioral health agencies
- SB 5705 (2015–16) Mineral prospecting & mining
- SB 5705 (2013–14) Taxing districts/property tx
- SB 5705 (2011–12) Community redevel. financing