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2007 House Bill 1607: Revising corrections personnel training provisions.
Introduced by Rep. Al O'Brien, (D-Mountlake Terrace) (D) on January 24, 2007
To remove certain personnel training requirements for corrections employees. The bill removes the specific requirement for supervisory and/or management training of correctional personnel of the state and all counties and municipal corporations transferred or promoted to a supervisory or management position on or after January 1, 1982. See companion SB 5634. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Committee on January 24, 2007
Substitute offered to the House Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Committee on February 15, 2007
To merge HB 1607 and HB 1609 together into one bill. As a result, the section relating to the core training requirements for corrections officers is moved to the same statute and section as the core training requirements for law enforcement officers.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on February 28, 2007
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 19, 2007
Received in the Senate on March 2, 2007
Referred to the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee on March 2, 2007
Amendment offered to the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee on March 23, 2007
To restore statutory language such that the employment status of a person, whose employer does not provide the
opportunity for training, is not impaired.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 27, 2007