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HB2060 • 2026

Elected officials/employment

Prohibiting elected officials and their spouses from holding employment or any beneficial interest in private entities.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Couture, Representative Barnard, Representative Penner, Representative Stuebe
Last action
2026-01-12
Official status
H State Govt & T
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Elected officials/employment

Elected officials/employment

What This Bill Does

  • Elected officials/employment

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-12 House

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Official Summary Text

Elected officials/employment

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting elected officials and their 1
spouses from holding employment or any beneficial interest in private 2
entities; and adding a new section to chapter 42.52 RCW.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 42.52 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no 7
elected official or the spouse of an elected official may be employed 8
at a private entity, enter a contract with a private entity, be paid 9
for services provided to a private entity, or have any other direct 10
or indirect beneficial interest in a private entity, if that private 11
entity receives state funding. 12
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not prohibit employment 13
at a public agency. 14
(3) Regardless of the definitions in RCW 42.52.010, the following 15
definitions apply to this section: 16
(a) "Agency" includes all state agencies and all local agencies. 17
"State agency" includes every state office, department, division, 18
bureau, board, commission, or other state agency. "Local agency" 19
includes every county, city, town, municipal corporation, quasi-20
municipal corporation, or special purpose district, or any office, 21
H-1999.1
HOUSE BILL 2060
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Couture, Barnard, Penner, and Stuebe
Read first time 03/25/25. Referred to Committee on State Government
& Tribal Relations.
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department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency thereof, 1
or other local public agency. 2
(b) "Beneficial interest" means a financial interest or the right 3
to enjoy profit, benefit, or advantage from any contract, loan 4
agreement, property, or other transaction or business of or with a 5
private entity. 6
(c) "Elected official" means any person elected at a general or 7
special election to any public office, and any person appointed to 8
fill a vacancy in any such office. 9
(d) "Private entity" means any nonpublic individual firm, 10
corporation, association, partnership, consortium, joint venture, 11
nonprofit organization, and any other nonpublic entity.12
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