2023 Washington State Legislative Session
2023 State Legislative Advocacy
On 1/18/2023, the CPC voted to support the 4 paragraphs of RES 32076 the City of Seattle’s 2023 State Legislative Agenda that are directly related to policing. They also voted to support a 2023 CPC Legislative Statement of Values to guide the work of CPC staff in reviewing most policing-related bills.
2023 CPC Legislative Statement of Values
2023 Seattle City Council Legislative Priorities
- Enhanced authority for police chiefs to discipline officers, including the ability to lay off officers on the Brady List
- Ending qualified immunity for law enforcement. See prefiled bill HB 1025, sponsored by Rep. Thai
- Prohibit collective bargaining on topics related to discipline, appeals, subpoena authority, and
state reforms about law enforcement - Require police reforms that free local jurisdictions from having to negotiate and pay for
accountability reforms, including body worn cameras - Reform of civil service hearings and arbitration in law enforcement officer discipline cases
Remove private arbitration as a route of appeal in law enforcement discipline cases - Support for independent prosecutions of deadly use of force by law enforcement
- Extend employment in law enforcement, fire, and other public agencies to legal permanent
residents and those with DACA status - Expansion of law enforcement training for de-escalation and implicit bias
- Increased flexibility for civilian personnel to respond to 911 calls (referencing the CAHOOTS
program) - Reduce or eliminate city and county law enforcement involvement in immigration law
enforcement - Restrict local jurisdictions from honoring ICE detainers without a federal criminal warrants