CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6683
Chapter 118, Laws of 2000
56th Legislature
2000 Regular Session
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT--REPORTS

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Passed by the Senate February 15, 2000
YEAS 45
NAYS 2
BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 1, 2000
YEAS 97
NAYS 1
CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives

3/24/00

CERTIFICATE
I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the
Senate of the State of Washington, do
hereby certify that the attached is
ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE
BILL 6683 as passed by the Senate and
the House of Representatives on the
dates hereon set forth.
TONY M. COOK
Secretary

FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Approved March 24, 2000

FILED
March 24, 2000 - 3:21 p.m.

GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State
State of Washington

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ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6683
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Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session
State of Washington

56th Legislature

2000 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators
Franklin, Kline, Heavey, Thibaudeau and Costa)
Read first time 02/08/2000.

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AN ACT Relating to reporting information on routine traffic
enforcement; adding new sections to chapter 43.43 RCW; creating a new
section; and declaring an emergency.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

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NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.43 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Beginning May 1, 2000, the Washington state patrol shall
collect, and report semiannually to the criminal justice training
commission, the following information:
(a) The number of individuals stopped for routine traffic
enforcement, whether or not a citation or warning was issued;
(b) Identifying characteristics of the individual stopped,
including the race or ethnicity, approximate age, and gender;
(c) The nature of the alleged violation that led to the stop;
(d) Whether a search was instituted as a result of the stop; and
(e) Whether an arrest was made, or a written citation issued, as a
result of either the stop or the search.
(2) The criminal justice training commission and the Washington
state patrol shall compile the information required under subsection
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(1) of this section and make a report to the legislature no later than
December 1, 2000.

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NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.43 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The Washington state patrol shall work with the criminal
justice training commission and the Washington association of sheriffs
and police chiefs to develop (a) further criteria for collection and
evaluation of the data collected under section 1 of this act, and (b)
training materials for use by the state patrol and local law
enforcement agencies on the issue of racial profiling.
(2) The Washington state patrol, criminal justice training
commission, and Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs
shall encourage local law enforcement agencies to voluntarily collect
the data set forth under section 1(1) of this act.

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NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The Washington association of sheriffs and
police chiefs shall report to the legislature by December 1, 2000, the
following information:
(1) The names and number of local law enforcement agencies
voluntarily collecting data on potential racial profiling;
(2) The type of data being collected by each participating agency;
and
(3) The manner in which the agencies are using the data collected.

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NEW SECTION.
Sec. 4.
This act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the
state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect
immediately.
Passed the Senate February 15, 2000.
Passed the House March 1, 2000.
Approved by the Governor March 24, 2000.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2000.

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