WA People
BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1280: Property crime sentencing

Modifying sentencing laws related to property crimes.

Summary

  • Finds that this state has the highest property crime rate in the country and is the only state that does not make supervision available to property offenders.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2019
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Zack Hudgins (D-11)
Introduced
January 17, 2019 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2020

AN ACT Relating to building safer communities in Washington by modifying sentencing laws related to property crimes and other crimes and implementing recommendations of the Washington state justice reinvestment task force;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Zack Hudgins (D-11)

1 co-sponsor (1 Democrat, 0 Republicans)

Sherry Appleton D-23

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Public Safety.

HB 1280 in other sessions

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

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