2014-03-28                     Senate Journal                      Page 2186
SJR 20                                                                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee considered SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION                                                                      
NO. 20 Urging the United States Congress to pass S. 967, the Military                                                           
Justice Improvement Act of 2013, including the requirement that a                                                               
decision to take a charge of sexual assault arising in the military to                                                          
court martial be made by high ranking and experienced military                                                                  
prosecutors outside the chain of command, and recommended it be                                                                 
replaced with                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION                                                                                        
          NO. 20(JUD) Urging the United States Congress to                                                                      
          pass legislation that requires that a decision to take a                                                              
          charge of sexual assault arising in the military to                                                                   
          court martial be made by high ranking and                                                                             
          experienced military prosecutors outside the chain of                                                                 
          command, and takes the process of investigating and                                                                   
          prosecuting sexual assault in the military outside of                                                                 
          the complainant's chain of command.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Coghill, Chair; Senators Wielechowski,                                                                 
McGuire, Dyson, Olson.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
     Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Senate Judiciary Committee                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
The resolution was referred to the Rules Committee.