BILL · 2003–04 SESSION
SB 5411: Nonpartisan sheriffs
Authorizing nonpartisan sheriffs.
Summary
- Candidates for the office of county sheriff are nominated and elected as nonpartisan candidates, except in home rule counties where the charter declares the position of sheriff to be a partisan office. A new section is added to the county sheriff chapter requiring the Board of County Commissioners to fill, by appointment, a vacancy in the office of county sheriff.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5411), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 24, 2003
- Out of committeeMar 5, 2003
- Passed Senatestopped here
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Marilyn Rasmussen (D-2)
- Introduced
- January 24, 2003 in the Senate
- Last action
- February 25, 2004
AN ACT Relating to nonpartisan sheriffs;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Marilyn Rasmussen (D-2)
11 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 6 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- Senate Rules "X" file.
- Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- Revert to Rules White Sheet.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- Senate Rules "X" file.
- Referred to Rules.
- Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- Minority; do not pass.
- GO - Majority; do pass.
- First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections.
SB 5411 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5411 (2025–26) Pilates studios, etc./tax
- SB 5411 (2023–24) Naturopathic physician scope
- SB 5411 (2021–22) Northern spotted owl forests
- SB 5411 (2019–20) Physician assistants
- SB 5411 (2017–18) Eye care
- SB 5411 (2015–16) Wheeled all-terrain vehicles
- SB 5411 (2013–14) Port commissioner terms
- SB 5411 (2011–12) Fiscal note instructions