WA People
BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 1982: School safety

Concerning school safety.

Summary

  • Requires a first responder agency, when notifying a school of a situation that may require an evacuation or lockdown, to: (1) Determine if schools in the vicinity are similarly threatened; and (2) Notify schools in the vicinity for which an evacuation or lockdown appears reasonably necessary.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1982), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 6, 2017
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Pat Sullivan (D-47)
Introduced
February 6, 2017 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2018

AN ACT Relating to school safety;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Pat Sullivan (D-47)

3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Melanie Stambaugh R-25Timm Ormsby D-3Gerry Pollet D-46

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 1982 in other sessions

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

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