BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 6198: Fingerprints/DUI arrests

Requiring fingerprints for all driving under the influence arrests.

Summary

A law enforcement agency must require every adult or juvenile to be photographed and fingerprinted when the person is arrested for: DUI or PC; vehicular homicide and vehicular assault if either was committed while under the influence; negligent driving after having consumed alcohol, and reckless endangerment, if the original charge was DUI, PC, vehicular homicide, or vehicular assault; or an equivalent local DUI or…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to requiring fingerprints for all driving under the influence arrests;

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

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

SB 6198 (2025–26) Accounts · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6198 (2023–24) LEOFF 2 board employees · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6198 (2019–20) Balanced budget/related fund · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6198 (2017–18) Rec. fishing & hunting · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6198 (2013–14) Sport shooting ranges · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6198 (2011–12) State agency procurement · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6198 (2009–10) Foreign and alien insurers · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6198 (2007–08) Groundwater for firefighting · Did not pass · died in committee