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BILL · 2009–10 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1488

HB 1488: State institution discharge

Restricting the release of persons from state institutions.

Summary

  • Provides an emergency clause.
  • Requires the Department of Corrections to monitor former offenders' housing status upon release, and submit a plan to the Legislature to eliminate homelessness among former offenders.
  • Requires the same actions of the Department of Social and Health Services with regards to youth released from foster care, and patients released from psychiatric institutions.
  • Requires regional support networks, within the patient tracking system, to track the housing status of patients.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1488), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2009
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mark Miloscia (D-30)
Introduced
January 21, 2009 in the House
Last action
March 15, 2010
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1488, SHB 1488

AN ACT Relating to eliminating the discharge of vulnerable populations from state institutions into homelessness;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mark Miloscia (D-30)

4 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Pat Sullivan D-47Roger Goodman D-45Timm Ormsby D-3Brian Blake D-19

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1488)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1488)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. Referred to Ways & Means. (SHB 1488)
  6. Referred to Ways & Means.
  7. LGH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1488)
  8. LGH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  9. LGH - Executive action taken by committee.
  10. First reading, referred to Local Government & Housing.

HB 1488 in other sessions

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

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