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BILL · 2021–22 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5691

SB 5691: Prosecutorial filing

Increasing transparency and accountability regarding prosecutorial filing policies and practices.

Summary

  • Requires all county prosecuting attorneys that receive over 5000 criminal referrals annually to track all referrals and filing decisions including petitions to resentence.
  • Requires prosecutors to create a publicly available report of this data, along with a strategy for referring, diverting, and charging referrals.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 10, 2022
  2. Out of committeeJan 28, 2022
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Chris Gildon (R-25)
Introduced
January 10, 2022 in the Senate
Last action
February 17, 2022
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5691, SSB 5691

AN ACT Relating to increasing transparency and accountability regarding prosecutorial filing policies and practices;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Chris Gildon (R-25)

2 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Senator R-15Senator R-18

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5691)
  2. Senate Rules "X" file.
  3. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 5691)
  4. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  5. On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5691)
  6. On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
  7. LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5691)
  8. Minority; do not pass. (SSB 5691)
  9. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5691)
  10. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5691)
  11. And refer to Ways & Means.
  12. Minority; without recommendation.
  13. Minority; do not pass.
  14. LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  15. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
  16. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 5691 in other sessions

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

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