ESSB 6009: Prohibiting the use of hog-tying.
Signed into law: Chapter 291, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Trudeau
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 291 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 26, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Prohibits peace officers from hog-tying a person or assisting in putting a person into a hog-tie. Provides that hog-tying constitutes the use of excessive force for the purpose of identifiable on-duty police officers' duty to intervene in and report certain conduct.
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Floor votes
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · February 28, 202489 yea · 7 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 4, 202449 yea · 0 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 6, 202449 yea · 0 nay
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