Providing funding for municipalities participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system.
Taxes
Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
Sponsor
Representative Ormsby, Representative Hill
Last action
2025-03-11
Official status
H subst for
Effective date
Not listed
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Regional 911 funding
Regional 911 funding
What This Bill Does
Regional 911 funding
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Plain English: 1258-S.E AMS WM S2498.3
ESHB 1258 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Ways & Means
ADOPTED 04/09/2025
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1
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"NEW SECTION.
1258-S.E AMS WM S2498.3
ESHB 1258 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Ways & Means
ADOPTED 04/09/2025
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1
following: 2
"NEW SECTION.
Sec.
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A new section is added to chapter 82.14B 3
RCW to read as follows: 4
(1) A county located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains 5
with a population between 530,000 and 1,500,000 receiving tax 6
revenues under this chapter that operates a regional 911 emergency 7
communications system must transfer a portion of the county 911 8
excise tax revenues received under RCW 82.14B.030 (1), (2), and (3) 9
to the corresponding local government operating a municipal public 10
safety answering point or receiving calls transferred from the 11
regional 911 emergency communications system for disposition and 12
dispatch.
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EFFECT: Requires the city and county to have completed
mediation without reaching an agreement before emergency 911 tax
revenues are shared by a county operating a regional 911 emergency
communications system with the city operating a municipal public
safety answering point.
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1258-S AMH ORCU TAYT 432 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Requires the city and county to have completed
mediation without reaching an agreement before emergency 911 tax
revenues are shared by a county operating a regional 911 emergency
communications system with the city operating a municipal public
safety answering point.
1258-S AMH ORCU TAYT 432
SHB 1258 - H AMD 825
By Representative Orcutt
WITHDRAWN 03/11/2025
On page 1, line 15, after "(2)" strike "The" and insert "Subject
to the conditions in subsection (3) of this section, the"
On page 2, line 1, after "(3)" insert "The transfers authorized in
subsection (2) of this section may only occur after the local
government operating a municipal public safety answering point and the
county operating a regional 911 emergency communications system have
completed mediation without reaching an agreement on the sharing of
the tax revenues.
Both parties must certify completion of the
mediation without reaching an agreement and send a copy to the
department of revenue.
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1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 428 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Applies the requirement that a county operating a
regional 911 emergency communication system share an equal portion
of the emergency 911 communication tax revenues with a local
government operating a municipal public safety answering point.
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1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 428 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Applies the requirement that a county operating a
regional 911 emergency communication system share an equal portion
of the emergency 911 communication tax revenues with a local
government operating a municipal public safety answering point.
1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 428
SHB 1258 - H AMD 826
By Representative Volz
WITHDRAWN 03/11/2025
On page 1, beginning on line 7, after "county" strike all material
through "1,500,000" on line 8
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1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 430 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Changes the amount of emergency 911 tax revenues to be
transferred to a city operating a municipal public safety answering
point from a county operating a regional 911 communication system
from an equal portion of the tax revenues to a formula based on the
apportionment of the tax.
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1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 430 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Changes the amount of emergency 911 tax revenues to be
transferred to a city operating a municipal public safety answering
point from a county operating a regional 911 communication system
from an equal portion of the tax revenues to a formula based on the
apportionment of the tax.
Direct the transfer be based on a
population until the tax revenues can be sourced to the city versus
the county by the Department of Revenue.
1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 430
SHB 1258 - H AMD 827
By Representative Volz
WITHDRAWN 03/11/2025
On page 1, line 10, after "transfer" strike "an equal" and insert
"a"
On page 1, line 14, after "dispatch." insert "The portion of the
tax to be transferred by a county operating a regional 911
communications system must be calculated as follows:
(a) The portion of the tax transferred to the local government
operating a municipal public safety answering point must be equal to
the amount of the tax imposed under this chapter sourced to that local
government's taxing jurisdiction.
(b) Until the department has the ability to apportion the taxes
imposed under this chapter as directed in subsection (1)(a) of this
section, the portion of the tax transferred to the local government
operating a municipal public safety answering point must be based on a
per capita calculation."
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1258-S AMH CHAS TAYT 424 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Changes the share of the emergency 911 tax being
transferred to a local government operating a municipal public
safety answering point to a per capita share from an equal share.
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1258-S AMH CHAS TAYT 424 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Changes the share of the emergency 911 tax being
transferred to a local government operating a municipal public
safety answering point to a per capita share from an equal share.
1258-S AMH CHAS TAYT 424
SHB 1258 - H AMD 828
By Representative Chase
WITHDRAWN 03/11/2025
On page 1, line 10, after "transfer" strike "an equal" and insert
"a per capita"
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1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 426 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: If the city operating the municipal public safety
answering point and a county operating a regional 911 communications
center enter into mediation, this act will no longer be valid.
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1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 426 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: If the city operating the municipal public safety
answering point and a county operating a regional 911 communications
center enter into mediation, this act will no longer be valid.
1258-S AMH SCHM TAYT 426
SHB 1258 - H AMD 829
By Representative Schmidt
WITHDRAWN 03/11/2025
On page 1, line 7, after "(1)" strike "A" and insert "Subject to
the conditions of subsection (4) of this section, a"
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"(4) If the local government operating a municipal public safety
answering point and a county operating a regional 911 emergency
communications system enter into mediation regarding the tax revenues
received under this chapter, this section is null and void.
The city
and the county must notify the department of revenue of the
mediation."
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1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 434 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Changes the amount of emergency 911 tax revenues to be
transferred to a city operating a municipal public safety answering
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1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 434 1 - Official Print
EFFECT: Changes the amount of emergency 911 tax revenues to be
transferred to a city operating a municipal public safety answering
point from a county operating a regional 911 communication system
from an equal portion of the tax revenues to a formula based on the
apportionment of the tax.
Directs the transfer to be based on the
same distribution as the public safety tax until the tax revenues
can be sourced to the city versus the county by the Department of
Revenue.
1258-S AMH VOLZ TAYT 434
SHB 1258 - H AMD 847
By Representative Volz
ADOPTED 03/11/2025
On page 1, line 10, after "transfer" strike "an equal" and insert
"a"
On page 1, line 14, after "dispatch." insert "The portion of the
tax to be transferred by a county operating a regional 911
communications system must be calculated as follows:
(a) The portion of the tax transferred to the local government
operating a municipal public safety answering point must be equal to
the amount of the tax imposed under this chapter sourced to that local
government's taxing jurisdiction.
(b) Until the department has the ability to apportion the taxes
imposed under this chapter as directed in subsection (1)(a) of this
section, the portion of the tax transferred to the local government
operating a municipal public safety answering point must be the same
percentage as the city receives for the tax imposed pursuant to RCW
82.14.450."
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Bill History
2025-03-11House
1st substitute bill substituted.
Official Summary Text
Regional 911 funding
Current Bill Text
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AN ACT Relating to providing funding for municipalities 1
participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system; 2
adding a new section to chapter 82.14B RCW; and providing an 3
effective date. 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 82.14B 6
RCW to read as follows: 7
(1) A county located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains 8
with a population between 530,000 and 1,500,000 receiving tax 9
revenues under this chapter that operates a regional 911 emergency 10
communications system that transfers emergency calls to a municipal 11
911 emergency communications system operator in a city with a 12
population over 50,000 for disposition and dispatch must transfer a 13
portion of the tax revenues received under this chapter to the 14
corresponding local government operating the municipal 911 emergency 15
communications system receiving the transferred calls.16
(2) The amount to be transferred from the county operating the 17
regional 911 emergency communications system to the local government 18
operating the municipal 911 emergency communications system receiving 19
the transferred calls pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must 20
be calculated as follows: 21
H-0471.1
HOUSE BILL 1258
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Ormsby and Hill
Prefiled 01/10/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Finance.
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(a) The amount of tax revenues received by the county for the 1
quarter pursuant to this chapter divided by the number of total 911 2
emergency calls received by the regional 911 emergency communications 3
system for the quarter; 4
(b) The amount calculated in (a) of this subsection multiplied by 5
the number of 911 emergency calls transferred from the regional 911 6
emergency communications system to the municipal 911 emergency 7
communications system operator for disposition and dispatch for the 8
quarter; 9
(c) The amount calculated in (b) of this subsection multiplied by 10
80 percent. 11
(3) The amount calculated in subsection (2)(c) of this section 12
must be transferred quarterly by the county operating the regional 13
911 emergency communications system to the local government operating 14
the municipal 911 emergency communications system.15
(4) For the purposes of this section, "regional 911 emergency 16
communications system" means a 911 emergency communications system 17
operated by a county that is responsible for receiving incoming 911 18
emergency calls for multiple local government law enforcement and 19
fire response agencies. 20
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2026.21
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