BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 6503: Incentivized evidence

Concerning the reliability of incentivized evidence and testimony.

Summary

New definitions are added to chapter 10.58 RCW: "Benefit" means any deal, payment, promise, leniency, inducement, or other advantage offered by the state to an informant in exchange for his or her testimony. "Informant" means any criminal suspect or suspected accomplice, whether or not he or she is detained or incarcerated, who provides information or testimony in exchange for, or in expectation of, a benefit.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the reliability of incentivized evidence and testimony;

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 6503 (2019–20) Odd-numbered year elections · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6503 (2017–18) Child support pass-through · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6503 (2013–14) Traffic safety education · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6503 (2011–12) Ballot measures/statements · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6503 (2009–10) Closing state agencies · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 32, Laws of 2010, 1st Special Session
SB 6503 (2007–08) Math assessment · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6503 (2005–06) Generation of electricity · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6503 (2003–04) School bus procedures · Did not pass · died in committee