1445-S2 AMH WALJ BUR 081

  

2SHB 1445 - H AMD 469

By Representative Walsh

NOT CONSIDERED 01/02/2024

On page 3, line 35, after "By" strike "September" and insert "January"

On page 3, beginning on line 36, after "shall" strike all material through "advocates" on page 4, line 15, and insert "prepare and submit to the governor and the legislature a plan to divest the attorney general’s office of all law enforcement and law enforcement-related programs, activities, and involvement. The plan must include the attorney general’s recommendations as to whether each program, activity, or involvement should be transferred to a different agency or terminated entirely"

On page 4, after line 17, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. Sections 2 through 4 of this act take effect 90 days after the attorney general issues a written certification to the governor, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, the office of the code reviser, and the chief law enforcement or corrections officer of each law enforcement and corrections agency in this state, that the attorney general’s office has been fully divested of all law enforcement and law enforcement-related programs, activities, and involvement."

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT:   Strikes the requirement for the Attorney General to develop and publish model policies for law enforcement agency accountability programs.

Requires the Attorney General, by January 1, 2024, to prepare and submit a plan to divest the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) of all law enforcement and law enforcement-related programs, activities, and involvement.

Delays the effective date of the provisions in the act relating to the Attorney General’s investigative authority and authority to bring an action against a law enforcement or local corrections agency to 90 days after the Attorney General issues a written certification that the AGO has been fully divested of all law enforcement and law enforcement-related programs, activities, and involvement.

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