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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1137

HB 1137: DOC discipline

Establishing uniform policies and procedures within department of corrections facilities relating to disciplinary proceedings and administrative segregation.

Summary

  • Establishes guidelines and requirements for administrative segregation in a Department of Corrections (DOC) facility.
  • Establishes preponderance of the evidence as the standard of proof for a DOC disciplinary hearing of an alleged rule violation by an incarcerated person.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1137), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Strom Peterson (D-21)
Introduced
January 13, 2025 in the House
Last action
January 12, 2026
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 1137, SHB 1137

AN ACT Relating to establishing uniform policies and procedures within department of corrections facilities relating to disciplinary proceedings and administrative segregation;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Strom Peterson (D-21)

19 co-sponsors (19 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Mia Gregerson D-33Liz Berry D-36Emily Alvarado D-34Nicole Macri D-43Julio Cortes D-38Lisa Callan D-5Cindy Ryu D-32Darya Farivar D-46Beth Doglio D-22Lillian Ortiz-Self D-21Tarra Simmons D-23Chipalo Street D-37Gerry Pollet D-46Shelley Kloba D-1Greg Nance D-23April Berg D-44Timm Ormsby D-3Debra Lekanoff D-40Natasha Hill D-3

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1137)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1137)
  4. Referred to Appropriations.
  5. CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1137)
  6. CS - Executive action taken by committee.
  7. CS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  8. First reading, referred to Community Safety.
  9. Prefiled for introduction.

HB 1137 in other sessions

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

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