WA People
BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1071: School resource officers

Securing schools by authorizing funding for a school resource officer in every school.

Summary

  • Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate additional state funding to school districts for one school resource officer (SRO) on each public school campus.
  • Establishes an allocation amount for the SROs' annual salary, including inflation adjustment provisions.
  • Specifies that the required allocations are necessary to support school districts in offering the state's minimum instructional program of basic education.

From the House Bill Analysis 2023 (HB 1071), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 9, 2023
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jim Walsh (R-19)
Introduced
January 9, 2023 in the House
Last action
January 8, 2024
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to securing schools by authorizing funding for a school resource officer in every school;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jim Walsh (R-19)

3 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Cyndy Jacobsen R-25Jenny Graham R-6Dan Griffey R-35

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 Education.
  3. Prefiled for introduction.

HB 1071 in other sessions

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