BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6554

SB 6554: Mental health commitments

Changing provisions relating to mental health commitments.

Summary

In determining whether an inpatient or a less restrictive alternative is appropriate, the court must give great weight to the person's prior history or pattern of decompensation resulting in repeated hospitalizations or repeated police interventions.

From the Substitute Senate Bill Report (SSB 6554), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

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

IntroducedJan 19, 2000
Out of committee
Passed SenateFeb 15, 2000
Passed Housestopped here
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Prime sponsor: Jeanine Long (R-44)
Introduced: January 19, 2000 in the Senate
Last action: March 9, 2000
Versions: SB 6554, SSB 6554

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

February 15, 2000

Version voted on: SSB 6554

47 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	27	0	0	0
Republican	20	0	0	2

How each member voted

Yea (47)

Excused (2)

Alex Deccio R-14
George Sellar R-12

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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 6554 in other sessions

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

SB 6554 (2019–20) Dietary supplements/tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6554 (2017–18) Director of homelessness · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6554 (2015–16) Assault of utility worker · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6554 (2013–14) Life alert services · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6554 (2011–12) Liquor control board · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6554 (2009–10) Biodiversity council · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6554 (2007–08) Waste vegetable oil · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6554 (2005–06) Organized retail theft · Did not pass · died in committee

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