CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5300
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate April 19, 2019 Yeas 47 Nays 0
President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2019 Yeas 96 Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5300 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary Secretary |
Approved | FILED |
| Secretary of State State of Washington |
SENATE BILL 5300
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2019 Regular Session |
BySenators Padden, Liias, Pedersen, and Van De Wege
Read first time 01/17/19.Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to providing coroners with additional subpoena duces tecum authority; and adding a new section to chapter
36.24 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
36.24 RCW to read as follows:
In addition to any of its existing authorities, the coroner may, in the course of an active or ongoing death investigation, request that the superior court issue subpoenas for production of documents or other records and command each person to whom the subpoena is directed to produce and permit inspection and copying of documentary evidence or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of that person at a specified time and place. A subpoena for production must substantively comply with the requirements of CR 45. A subpoena for production may be joined with a subpoena for testimony, or it may be issued separately.
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