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2020 House Bill 2231: Concerning bail jumping
Introduced by Rep. Mike Pellicciotti (Algona) (D) on January 13, 2020
Referred to the House Public Safety Committee on January 13, 2020
Substitute offered in the House on January 30, 2020
Modifies the crime of Bail Jumping by requiring proof that a defendant received written notice of the requirement to appear or surrender, rather than requiring proof that the defendant had knowledge of the requirement to appear or surrender. Reclassifies felony Bail Jumping as a gross misdemeanor offense.
Amendment offered by Rep. Brad Klippert (Benton) (R) on February 13, 2020
Specifies that felony Bail Jumping also applies to any person held for, charged with, or convicted of a nonviolent sex offense, rather than limiting it to any person held for, charged with, or convicted of a violent offense as provided in the underlying bill.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 13, 2020
Amendment offered by Rep. Tina Orwall (Des Moines) (D) on February 13, 2020
Specifies that felony Bail Jumping applies when a person fails to appear for trial, regardless if he or she quashes the related bench warrant or has not had prior incidents of failure to appear.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 13, 2020
Received in the Senate on February 17, 2020
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on February 17, 2020
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 28, 2020
Amendment offered by Sen. Mike Padden (Spokane Valley) (R) on March 4, 2020
Allows a thirty day grace period before a person may be charged with failure to appear or surrender if the person missed a court appearance other than a trial, the person files a motion to quash the warrant and appears on that motion, and the person does not have a prior failure to appear.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 4, 2020
Amendment offered by Sen. Mike Padden (Spokane Valley) (R) on March 4, 2020
Classifies the crime of failure to appear or surrender as an unranked class C felony if the person's underlying crime was a felony.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on March 4, 2020
Received in the House on March 7, 2020
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 18, 2020