With just days left in Washington's legislative session, what bills are still on the table?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

From COVID-19 relief to police reform, Washington state legislature had a lot on their plate this year while operating in a mostly virtual format. And with the end of the irregular session in sight, lawmakers are buckling down to resolve several flash point issues.

Following the murder of George Floyd and racial reckoning that rocked the country last summer, police reform and accountability has been one of the major agenda items. Several landmark bills have passed in the last few days, including a duty to intervene bill that would require officers to intervene in excessive force by fellow officers and a bill that would make it easier for the state to decertify an officer for misconduct.

However, with time winding down and the session set to adjourn on April 25, there are still some unresolved issues that will likely be the topic of debate in the upcoming days.

Here are the issues and bills that are still yet to be decided.

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https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/wash-2021-legislative-session-bills-up-for-vote-16121245.php

[dutch777]

1. All states have a lot to do on police reform... this is just a start. I think it would be good to

make the police assume that anyone they interact with may be mentally ill, has underlying health conditions or is under the influence of drugs/alcohol to the point that logical compliance with police orders may not be within the person's current behavioral capabilities. I haven't done an in depth analysis of this but seems pretty obvious in many of these cases where a suspect dies at the hands of the police, gunshot or other, the base assumption that the person was fully functional and reasonably healthy/unimpaired was significantly in error. I understand this makes the current model of policing obsolete as it takes more officers and much better training under my assumptive model than current.