Political violence

AN ACT Relating to protecting elected officials and candidates, 1
executive state officers, election officials, and criminal justice 2
participants against threats and incidents of political violence by 3
authorizing the nondisclosure of their primary residential address 4
and increasing access to personal security measures; amending RCW 5
9A.46.020, 40.24.030, 43.43.037, 29B.05.030, 29B.55.030, 29B.25.090, 6
29B.40.180, 29A.24.031, 65.04.140, 84.40.020, 84.40.160, 40.14.030, 7
4.24.680, 29B.40.090, 29B.40.130, and 42.52.160; reenacting and 8
amending RCW 29A.08.710; adding a new section to chapter 44.04 RCW; 9
adding a new section to chapter 29B.05 RCW; adding a new section to 10
chapter 42.56 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 44 RCW; prescribing 11
penalties; and declaring an emergency. 12
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:13
Sec. 1. RCW 9A.46.020 and 2024 c 292 s 1 are each amended to 14
read as follows: 15
(1) A person is guilty of harassment if: 16
(a) Without lawful authority, the person knowingly threatens:17
(i) To cause bodily injury immediately or in the future to the 18
person threatened or to any other person; or 19
(ii) To cause physical damage to the property of a person other 20
than the actor; or 21
H-2701.4
HOUSE BILL 2333
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Representatives Berry, Mena, Pollet, Parshley, Ramel, Reed, Scott,
Street, Thomas, Gregerson, Ormsby, Berg, Farivar, Salahuddin, Hill,
and Donaghy
Prefiled 01/08/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee
on State Government & Tribal Relations.
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(iii) To subject the person threatened or any other person to 1
physical confinement or restraint; or 2
(iv) Maliciously to do any other act which is intended to 3
substantially harm the person threatened or another with respect to 4
his or her physical health or safety; and 5
(b) The person by words or conduct places the person threatened 6
in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out. "Words or 7
conduct" includes, in addition to any other form of communication or 8
conduct, the sending of an electronic communication.9
(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a person who 10
harasses another is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.11
(b) A person who harasses another is guilty of a class C felony 12
if any of the following apply: (i) The person has previously been 13
convicted in this or any other state of any crime of harassment, as 14
defined in RCW 9A.46.060, of the same victim or members of the 15
victim's family or household or any person specifically named in a 16
no-contact or no-harassment order; (ii) the person harasses another 17
person under subsection (1)(a)(i) of this section by threatening to 18
kill the person threatened or any other person; (iii) the person 19
harasses a criminal justice participant , elected official, or 20
election official who is performing his or her official duties at the 21
time the threat is made; or (iv) the person harasses a criminal 22
justice participant , elected official, or election official because 23
of an action taken or decision made by the criminal justice 24
participant, elected official, or election official during the 25
performance of his or her official duties. For the purposes of 26
(b)(iii) and (iv) of this subsection, the fear from the threat must 27
be a fear that a reasonable criminal justice participant , elected 28
official, or election official would have under all the 29
circumstances. Threatening words do not constitute harassment if it 30
is apparent to the criminal justice participant , elected official, or 31
election official that the person does not have the present and 32
future ability to carry out the threat. 33
(3) Any criminal justice participant , elected official, or 34
election official who is a target for threats or harassment 35
prohibited under subsection (2)(b)(iii) or (iv) of this section, and 36
any person residing with him or her, shall be eligible for the 37
address confidentiality program created under RCW 40.24.030.38
(4) For purposes of this section((, a)):39
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(a) A criminal justice participant includes any (((a))) (i) 1
federal, state, or local law enforcement agency employee; (((b))) 2
(ii) federal, state, or local prosecuting attorney or deputy 3
prosecuting attorney; (((c))) (iii) staff member of any adult 4
corrections institution or local adult detention facility; (((d))) 5
(iv) staff member of any juvenile corrections institution or local 6
juvenile detention facility; (((e))) (v) community corrections 7
officer, probation, or parole officer; (((f))) (vi) member of the 8
indeterminate sentence review board; (((g))) (vii) advocate from a 9
crime victim/witness program; or (((h))) (viii) defense attorney.10
(((5) For the purposes of this section, an )) (b) "Elected 11
official" has the same meaning as in RCW 29B.10.180.12
(c) An election official includes any staff member of the office 13
of the secretary of state or staff member of a county auditor's 14
office, regardless of whether the member is employed on a temporary 15
or part-time basis, whose duties relate to voter registration or the 16
processing of votes as provided in Title 29A RCW. 17
(((6))) (5) The penalties provided in this section for harassment 18
do not preclude the victim from seeking any other remedy otherwise 19
available under law. 20
Sec. 2. RCW 40.24.030 and 2024 c 292 s 2 are each amended to 21
read as follows: 22
(1)(a) An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of 23
a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an individual subject to 24
guardianship as defined in RCW 11.130.010, (b) any election official 25
as described in RCW 9A.46.020 or 9A.90.120 who is a target for 26
threats or harassment prohibited under RCW 9A.46.020 or 27
9A.90.120(2)(b) (iii) or (iv), and any person residing with such 28
person, (c) any criminal justice participant as defined in RCW 29
9A.46.020 who is a target for threats or harassment prohibited under 30
RCW 9A.46.020(2)(b) (iii) or (iv) and any criminal justice 31
participant as defined in RCW 9A.90.120 who is a target for threats 32
or harassment prohibited under RCW 9A.90.120(2)(b) (iii) or (iv), and 33
any person residing with such person, and (d) any protected health 34
care services provider, employee, or an affiliate of such provider, 35
who provides, attempts to provide, assists in the provision, or 36
attempts to assist in the provision of protected health care services 37
as defined in RCW 7.115.010, and any family members residing with 38
such person, may apply to the secretary of state to have an address 39
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designated by the secretary of state serve as the person's address or 1
the address of the minor or incapacitated person. The secretary of 2
state shall approve an application if it is filed in the manner and 3
on the form prescribed by the secretary of state and if it contains:4
(i) A sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, by the applicant 5
that the applicant has good reason to believe (A) that the applicant, 6
or the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application 7
is made, is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, 8
trafficking, or stalking and that the applicant fears for the 9
applicant's safety or the applicant's children's safety, or the 10
safety of the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the 11
application is made; (B) that the applicant, as an election official 12
as described in RCW 9A.46.020 or 9A.90.120, is a target for threats 13
or harassment prohibited under RCW 9A.46.020 or 9A.90.120(2)(b) (iii) 14
or (iv); (C) that the applicant, as a criminal justice participant as 15
defined in RCW 9A.46.020, is a target for threats or harassment 16
prohibited under RCW 9A.46.020(2)(b) (iii) or (iv), or that the 17
applicant, as a criminal justice participant as defined in RCW 18
9A.90.120 is a target for threats or harassment prohibited under RCW 19
9A.90.120(2)(b) (iii) or (iv); or (D) that the applicant, as a 20
protected health care services provider, employee, or an affiliate of 21
such provider, who provides, attempts to provide, assists in the 22
provision, or attempts to assist in the provision of protected health 23
care services as defined in RCW 7.115.010, is a target for threats or 24
harassment prohibited under RCW 9A.90.120 or 9A.46.020;25
(ii) If applicable, a sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, 26
by the applicant, that the applicant has reason to believe they are a 27
victim of (A) domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking 28
perpetrated by an employee of a law enforcement agency, (B) threats 29
or harassment prohibited under RCW 9A.90.120(2)(b) (iii) or (iv) or 30
9A.46.020(2)(b) (iii) or (iv), or (C) threats or harassment as 31
described in (a)(i)(D) of this subsection; 32
(iii) A designation of the secretary of state as agent for 33
purposes of service of process and for the purpose of receipt of 34
mail; 35
(iv) The residential address and any telephone number where the 36
applicant can be contacted by the secretary of state, which shall not 37
be disclosed because disclosure will increase the risk of (A) 38
domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, or stalking, (B) 39
threats or harassment prohibited under RCW 9A.90.120(2)(b) (iii) or 40
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(iv) or 9A.46.020(2)(b) (iii) or (iv), or (C) threats or harassment 1
as described in (a)(i)(D) of this subsection; 2
(v) The signature of the applicant and of any individual or 3
representative of any office designated in writing under RCW 4
40.24.080 who assisted in the preparation of the application, and the 5
date on which the applicant signed the application.6
(2) Any elected official as defined in RCW 29B.10.180 and any 7
person residing with such person may apply to the secretary of state 8
to have an address designated by the secretary of state serve as the 9
person's address. The secretary of state shall approve an application 10
if it is filed in the manner and on the form prescribed by the 11
secretary of state and if it contains:12
(a) A designation of the secretary of state as agent for purposes 13
of service of process and for the purpose of receipt of mail;14
(b) The residential address and any telephone number where the 15
applicant can be contacted by the secretary of state; and16
(c) The signature of the applicant and the date on which the 17
applicant signed the application.18
(3) Applications shall be filed with the office of the secretary 19
of state. 20
(((3))) (4) Upon filing a properly completed application, the 21
secretary of state shall certify the applicant as a program 22
participant. Applicants shall be certified for four years following 23
the date of filing unless the certification is withdrawn or 24
invalidated before that date. The secretary of state shall by rule 25
establish a renewal procedure. 26
(((4))) (5)(a) During the application process, the secretary of 27
state shall provide each applicant a form to direct the department of 28
licensing to change the address of registration for vehicles or 29
vessels solely or jointly registered to the applicant and the address 30
associated with the applicant's driver's license or identicard to the 31
applicant's address as designated by the secretary of state upon 32
certification in the program. The directive to the department of 33
licensing is only valid if signed by the applicant. The directive may 34
only include information required by the department of licensing to 35
verify the applicant's identity and ownership information for 36
vehicles and vessels. This information is limited to the:37
(i) Applicant's full legal name; 38
(ii) Applicant's Washington driver's license or identicard 39
number; 40
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(iii) Applicant's date of birth; 1
(iv) Vehicle identification number and license plate number for 2
each vehicle solely or jointly registered to the applicant; and3
(v) Hull identification number or vessel document number and 4
vessel decal number for each vessel solely or jointly registered to 5
the applicant. 6
(b) Upon certification of the applicants, the secretary of state 7
shall transmit completed and signed directives to the department of 8
licensing. 9
(c) Within 30 days of receiving a completed and signed directive, 10
the department of licensing shall update the applicant's address on 11
registration and licensing records. 12
(d) Applicants are not required to sign the directive to the 13
department of licensing to be certified as a program participant.14
(((5))) (6) A person who knowingly provides false or incorrect 15
information upon making an application or falsely attests in an 16
application that disclosure of the applicant's address would endanger 17
(a) the applicant's safety or the safety of the applicant's children 18
or the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application 19
is made, (b) the safety of any election official as described in RCW 20
9A.46.020 or 9A.90.120 who is a target for threats or harassment 21
prohibited under RCW 9A.46.020 or 9A.90.120(2)(b) (iii) or (iv), (c) 22
the safety of any criminal justice participant as defined in RCW 23
9A.46.020 who is a target for threats or harassment prohibited under 24
RCW 9A.46.020(2)(b) (iii) or (iv) or of any criminal justice 25
participant as defined in RCW 9A.90.120 who is a target for threats 26
or harassment prohibited under RCW 9A.90.120(2)(b) (iii) or (iv), or 27
(d) the safety of any person as described in subsection (1)(a)(i)(D) 28
of this section who is a target for threats or harassment, or any 29
family members residing with such person, shall be punished under RCW 30
40.16.030 or other applicable statutes. 31
Sec. 3. RCW 43.43.037 and 1965 ex.s. c 96 s 2 are each amended 32
to read as follows: 33
(1) The chief of the Washington state patrol is directed to 34
provide such security and protection for both houses of the 35
legislative building while in session as in the opinion of the 36
speaker of the house and the president of the senate may be necessary 37
therefor upon the advice of the respective sergeant-at-arms of each 38
legislative body. 39
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(2)(a) The chief of the Washington state patrol or the chief's 1
designee shall provide personal security and protection for 2
legislators upon request at public events where the local law 3
enforcement agency is unable or unwilling to provide such security 4
and protection.5
(b) For the purposes of this subsection, a "public event" means 6
any event with a legislative nexus, as described in RCW 42.52.175, 7
for which the attendance of the legislator is advertised to the 8
public.9
(3) At the request of a legislator in accordance with section 4 10
of this act, the chief of the Washington state patrol shall conduct 11
the security assessment described in section 4 of this act if the 12
sergeant-at-arms of that legislator's respective chamber is unable to 13
conduct the assessment in a timely manner.14
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. (1) Upon request of a legislator, the 15
sergeant-at-arms of the legislator's respective legislative body or 16
the sergeant-at-arms' designee shall conduct a security assessment of 17
that legislator's residence and make recommendations, if any, for 18
additional personal security measures necessary to address dangers or 19
threats that would not exist but for the individual's status or 20
duties as a legislator. The sergeant-at-arms may contract out for the 21
security assessment. If the sergeant-at-arms or the sergeant-at-arms' 22
designee is unable to complete the legislator's request in a timely 23
manner, the legislator may make a request of the chief of the 24
Washington state patrol to conduct the security assessment. Upon such 25
request, the chief of the Washington state patrol shall conduct the 26
security assessment. A legislator may alternatively request that the 27
security assessment be performed by a local law enforcement agency.28
(2) "Personal security measures" may include, but is not limited 29
to: 30
(a) Nonstructural security devices, such as security hardware, 31
locks, alarm systems, motion detectors, security camera systems, and 32
subscriptions for security systems; 33
(b) Structural security devices, such as wiring, lighting, gates, 34
doors, and fencing, so long as such devices are intended solely to 35
provide security and not to improve the property or increase its 36
value; 37
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(c) Security personnel and services that are bona fide, 1
legitimate, professional, and provided by a person licensed under 2
chapter 18.170 RCW; and 3
(d) Cybersecurity software, devices, and services, including 4
those services that remove residential addresses from existing 5
websites, and credit monitoring and identity theft monitoring 6
services. 7
(3)(a) As applied to public records requests of a legislator's 8
office, audio recordings, video recordings, or photographs created by 9
a security recording device that qualifies as a personal security 10
measure are not public records within the meaning of RCW 42.56.010 11
because they do not contain information relating to the conduct of 12
government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary 13
function, and are therefore not subject to chapter 42.56 RCW. Such 14
audio recordings, video recordings, or photographs provided by the 15
legislator to another agency, although meeting the definition of 16
public record under RCW 42.56.010 unless otherwise provided by law, 17
are confidential and not subject to disclosure under chapter 42.56 18
RCW. 19
(b) Records other than those described in (a) of this subsection 20
that are created by a personal security measure are confidential and 21
not subject to disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.22
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. A new section is added to chapter 44.04 23
RCW to read as follows: 24
The speaker of the house and the president of the senate are 25
encouraged to hold a security briefing for representatives and 26
senators before the commencement of each regular term of office 27
pursuant to RCW 44.04.021. 28
Sec. 6. RCW 29B.05.030 and 2024 c 164 s 403 are each amended to 29
read as follows: 30
((All)) (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, 31
all statements and reports filed under this title shall be public 32
records of the agency where they are filed, and shall be available 33
for public inspection and copying during normal business hours at the 34
expense of the person requesting copies, provided that the charge for 35
such copies shall not exceed actual cost to the agency.36
(2)(a) Elected officials may, using a form developed by the 37
commission, request that the commission redact from reports filed 38
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pursuant to RCW 29B.25.020, 29B.25.030, 29B.25.100, 29B.25.110, 1
29B.25.120, 29B.25.130, 29B.25.140, 29B.30.020, 29B.50.010, 2
29B.50.080, and 29B.50.100, their residential address and the same 3
residential address of any person residing with them who appears in a 4
report. The residential address identified on such form is 5
confidential and may not be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW.6
(b) An elected official making a request for redaction under (a) 7
of this subsection must identify the residential address to be 8
redacted and the specific report that contains such address. Upon 9
receipt of the request, the residential address identified is 10
confidential and may not be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW except 11
as provided for under (c) of this subsection, and the commission 12
shall conduct a reasonable search and redact such addresses from the 13
reports in a timely manner. A request made under this subsection may 14
not be construed as a standing request for redactions of residential 15
addresses in future reports.16
(c) The commission may disclose the residential address of an 17
elected official or any person residing with the elected official:18
(i) Upon receipt of the express written consent of the elected 19
official; or20
(ii) To the news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010, in response 21
to a public records request under chapter 42.56 RCW from the news 22
media. At the time of the request, the requester shall disclose to 23
the commission the requester's legal name and the requester's 24
associated news media. Any residential address disclosed pursuant to 25
this subsection may not be further disseminated by the recipient. 26
Immediately upon receiving a request for a report described under (a) 27
this subsection, the commission shall notify all elected officials 28
whose information is included in such a report. The notice must 29
include the name of the requester and the requester's associated news 30
media. The requirement to provide notice under this subsection may 31
not delay the production of records in response to a public records 32
request.33
(d) This subsection (2) applies to reports filed with the 34
commission before the effective date of this section and to reports 35
filed on or after the effective date of this section.36
(3) For purposes of this section:37
(a) "Dwelling unit" means a structure or that part of a 38
structure, which is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by 39
one person or multiple persons maintaining a common household, such 40
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as single-family residences, units of multiplexes, apartment 1
buildings, and mobile homes. 2
(b) "Residence" means the primary residential real property used 3
exclusively as a personal dwelling unit by the elected official.4
(c) "Residential address" means the physical address of a 5
residence used by the elected official.6
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. A new section is added to chapter 29B.05 7
RCW to read as follows: 8
(1) Any person required to disclose the address of another in a 9
report filed pursuant to RCW 29B.25.020, 29B.25.030, 29B.25.100, 10
29B.25.110, 29B.25.120, 29B.25.130, 29B.25.140, 29B.30.020, 11
29B.50.010, 29B.50.080, or 29B.50.100, shall establish a process for 12
an elected official to: 13
(a) Provide an address that is not the elected official's 14
residential address; and 15
(b) Request that the filer of a report described under this 16
subsection redact, before filing the report with the commission, the 17
elected official's residential address and the same residential 18
address of any person residing with the elected official who appears 19
in a report. The elected official must identify the residential 20
address to be redacted and the specific report containing that 21
address. 22
(2) Upon receiving a request from an elected official to redact 23
the elected official's residential address, a person required to file 24
a report described in this section must redact the address before 25
filing the report with the commission or otherwise making the report 26
available for public inspection. 27
(3) For purposes of this section, "residential address" has the 28
same meaning as in RCW 29B.05.030. 29
Sec. 8. RCW 29B.55.030 and 2025 c 377 s 28 are each amended to 30
read as follows: 31
(1) The statement of financial affairs required by RCW 29B.55.010 32
shall disclose the following information for the reporting individual 33
and each member of the reporting individual's immediate family:34
(a) Occupation, name of employer, and business address;35
(b) Each bank account, savings account, and insurance policy in 36
which a direct financial interest was held that exceeds twenty 37
thousand dollars at any time during the reporting period; each other 38
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item of intangible personal property in which a direct financial 1
interest was held that exceeds two thousand dollars during the 2
reporting period; the name, address, and nature of the entity; and 3
the nature and highest value of each direct financial interest during 4
the reporting period; 5
(c) The name and address of each creditor to whom the value of 6
two thousand dollars or more was owed; the original amount of each 7
debt to each creditor; the amount of each debt owed to each creditor 8
as of the date of filing; the terms of repayment of each debt; and 9
the security given, if any, for each such debt. Debts arising from a 10
"retail installment transaction" as defined in chapter 63.14 RCW 11
(retail installment sales act) need not be reported;12
(d) Every public or private office, directorship, and position 13
held as trustee; except that an elected official or executive state 14
officer need not report the elected official's or executive state 15
officer's service on a governmental board, commission, association, 16
or functional equivalent, when such service is part of the elected 17
official's or executive state officer's official duties;18
(e) All persons for whom any legislation, rule, rate, or standard 19
has been prepared, promoted, or opposed for current or deferred 20
compensation. For the purposes of this subsection, "compensation" 21
does not include payments made to the person reporting by the 22
governmental entity for which the person serves as an elected 23
official or state executive officer or professional staff member for 24
the person's service in office; the description of such actual or 25
proposed legislation, rules, rates, or standards; and the amount of 26
current or deferred compensation paid or promised to be paid;27
(f) The name and address of each governmental entity, 28
corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, 29
association, union, or other business or commercial entity from whom 30
compensation has been received in any form of a total value of two 31
thousand dollars or more; the value of the compensation; and the 32
consideration given or performed in exchange for the compensation;33
(g) The name of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, 34
association, union, or other entity in which is held any office, 35
directorship, or any general partnership interest, or an ownership 36
interest of ten percent or more; the name or title of that office, 37
directorship, or partnership; the nature of ownership interest; and: 38
(i) With respect to a governmental unit in which the official seeks 39
or holds any office or position, if the entity has received 40
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compensation in any form during the preceding twelve months from the 1
governmental unit, the value of the compensation and the 2
consideration given or performed in exchange for the compensation; 3
and (ii) the name of each governmental unit, corporation, 4
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, association, union, 5
or other business or commercial entity from which the entity has 6
received compensation in any form in the amount of ten thousand 7
dollars or more during the preceding twelve months and the 8
consideration given or performed in exchange for the compensation. As 9
used in (g)(ii) of this subsection, "compensation" does not include 10
payment for water and other utility services at rates approved by the 11
Washington state utilities and transportation commission or the 12
legislative authority of the public entity providing the service. 13
With respect to any bank or commercial lending institution in which 14
is held any office, directorship, partnership interest, or ownership 15
interest, it shall only be necessary to report either the name, 16
address, and occupation of every director and officer of the bank or 17
commercial lending institution and the average monthly balance of 18
each account held during the preceding twelve months by the bank or 19
commercial lending institution from the governmental entity for which 20
the individual is an official or candidate or professional staff 21
member, or all interest paid by a borrower on loans from and all 22
interest paid to a depositor by the bank or commercial lending 23
institution if the interest exceeds two thousand four hundred 24
dollars; 25
(h) A list, including legal or other sufficient descriptions as 26
prescribed by the commission, of all real property in the state of 27
Washington, the assessed valuation of which exceeds ten thousand 28
dollars in which any direct financial interest was acquired during 29
the preceding calendar year, and a statement of the amount and nature 30
of the financial interest and of the consideration given in exchange 31
for that interest; 32
(i) A list, including legal or other sufficient descriptions as 33
prescribed by the commission, of all real property in the state of 34
Washington, the assessed valuation of which exceeds ten thousand 35
dollars in which any direct financial interest was divested during 36
the preceding calendar year, and a statement of the amount and nature 37
of the consideration received in exchange for that interest, and the 38
name and address of the person furnishing the consideration;39
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(j) A list, including legal or other sufficient descriptions as 1
prescribed by the commission, of all real property in the state of 2
Washington, the assessed valuation of which exceeds ten thousand 3
dollars in which a direct financial interest was held. If a 4
description of the property has been included in a report previously 5
filed, the property may be listed, for purposes of this subsection 6
(1)(j), by reference to the previously filed report;7
(k) A list, including legal or other sufficient descriptions as 8
prescribed by the commission, of all real property in the state of 9
Washington, the assessed valuation of which exceeds twenty thousand 10
dollars, in which a corporation, partnership, firm, enterprise, or 11
other entity had a direct financial interest, in which corporation, 12
partnership, firm, or enterprise a ten percent or greater ownership 13
interest was held; 14
(l) A list of each occasion, specifying date, donor, and amount, 15
at which food and beverage in excess of $100 was accepted under RCW 16
42.52.150(7); 17
(m) A list of each occasion, specifying date, donor, and amount, 18
at which items specified in RCW 42.52.150(1)(c) (iv) and (vi) were 19
accepted; and 20
(n) Such other information as the commission may deem necessary 21
in order to properly carry out the purposes and policies of this 22
title, as the commission shall prescribe by rule. 23
(2)(a) When judges, prosecutors, sheriffs, executive state 24
officers, participants in the address confidentiality program under 25
RCW 40.24.030, or their immediate family members are required to 26
disclose real property that is the personal residence of the judge, 27
prosecutor, sheriff, executive state officer, or address 28
confidentiality program participant, the requirements of subsection 29
(1)(h) through (k) of this section may be satisfied for that property 30
by substituting: 31
(i) The city or town; 32
(ii) The type of residence, such as a single-family or 33
multifamily residence, and the nature of ownership; and34
(iii) Such other identifying information the commission 35
prescribes by rule for the mailing address where the property is 36
located. 37
(b) Nothing in this subsection relieves the judge, prosecutor, 38
executive state officer, or sheriff of any other applicable 39
obligations to disclose potential conflicts or to recuse oneself.40
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(3)(a) Except as specified in (b) of this subsection, the primary 1
residential address and associated parcel number of the residence of 2
an elected official or executive state officer disclosed on the 3
statement of financial affairs filed with the commission are 4
confidential and may not be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW.5
(b) The commission may disclose information described in (a) of 6
this subsection:7
(i) If the filer has provided the commission with express written 8
consent to disclose such information; or9
(ii) To the news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010, in response 10
to a public records request under chapter 42.56 RCW from the news 11
media. At the time of the request, the requester shall disclose to 12
the commission the requester's legal name and the requester's 13
associated news media. Any residential address or associated parcel 14
number that is disclosed pursuant to this subsection may not be 15
further disseminated by the requester. Immediately upon receiving a 16
request for the statement of financial affairs of an elected official 17
or executive state officer, the commission shall notify such person 18
of the request. The notice must include the name of the requester and 19
the requester's associated news media. The requirement to provide 20
notice under this subsection may not delay the production of records 21
in response to a public records request.22
(c)(i) This subsection (3) applies to all statements of financial 23
affairs filed with the commission before the effective date of this 24
section and to statements of financial affairs filed on or after the 25
effective date of this section.26
(ii) For statements of financial affairs filed after the 27
effective date of this section, the commission shall develop a method 28
for filers to indicate at the time of filing which residences 29
included in their statement of financial affairs are exempt from 30
disclosure pursuant to (a) of this subsection.31
(iii) For statements of financial affairs filed before the 32
effective date of this section, the filer must, using a form 33
developed by the commission, identify the residence exempt from 34
disclosure pursuant to (a) of this subsection and the specific report 35
that contains such residence. The residence identified on such form 36
is confidential and may not be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW.37
(d) For purposes of this subsection (3):38
(i) "Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as in RCW 29B.05.030.39
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(ii) "Executive state officer" has the same meaning as in RCW 1
29B.55.020.2
(iii) "Residence" means the primary residential real property 3
used exclusively as a personal dwelling unit by the elected official 4
or executive state officer.5
(iv) "Residential address" means the physical address of a 6
residence used by the elected official or executive state officer.7
(4)(a) Where an amount is required to be reported under 8
subsection (1)(a) through (m) of this section, it may be reported 9
within a range as provided in (b) of this subsection.10
(b)11
12 Code A Less than thirty thousand dollars;
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Code B At least thirty thousand dollars, but less
than sixty thousand dollars;
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16
Code C At least sixty thousand dollars, but less
than one hundred thousand dollars;
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Code D At least one hundred thousand dollars, but
less than two hundred thousand dollars;
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20
Code E At least two hundred thousand dollars, but
less than five hundred thousand dollars;
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Code F At least five hundred thousand dollars, but
less than seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars;
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Code G At least seven hundred fifty thousand
dollars, but less than one million dollars;
or
27 Code H One million dollars or more.
(c) An amount of stock may be reported by number of shares 28
instead of by market value. No provision of this subsection may be 29
interpreted to prevent any person from filing more information or 30
more detailed information than required. 31
(((4))) (5) Items of value given to an official's or employee's 32
spouse, domestic partner, or family member are attributable to the 33
official or employee, except the item is not attributable if an 34
independent business, family, or social relationship exists between 35
the donor and the spouse, domestic partner, or family member.36
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Sec. 9. RCW 29B.25.090 and 2024 c 164 s 426 are each amended to 1
read as follows: 2
(1)(a) In addition to the information required under RCW 3
29B.25.020 and 29B.25.040, each candidate or political committee must 4
file with the commission a report of all contributions received and 5
expenditures made as a political committee on the next reporting date 6
pursuant to the timeline established in this section.7
(b) In addition to the information required under RCW 29B.25.030 8
and 29B.25.040, on the day an incidental committee files a statement 9
of organization with the commission, each incidental committee must 10
file with the commission a report of any election campaign 11
expenditures under RCW 29B.25.100(7), as well as the source of the 10 12
largest cumulative payments of ((ten thousand dollars )) $10,000 or 13
greater it received in the current calendar year from a single 14
person, including any persons tied as the 10th largest source of 15
payments it received, if any. 16
(2) Each treasurer of a candidate or political committee, or an 17
incidental committee, required to file a statement of organization 18
under this title, shall file with the commission a report, for each 19
election in which a candidate, political committee, or incidental 20
committee is participating, containing the information required by 21
RCW 29B.25.100 at the following intervals: 22
(a) On the 21st day and the seventh day immediately preceding the 23
date on which the election is held; and 24
(b) On the 10th day of the first full month after the election.25
(3)(a) Each treasurer of a candidate or political committee shall 26
file with the commission a report on the 10th day of each month 27
during which the candidate or political committee is not 28
participating in an election campaign, only if the committee has 29
received a contribution or made an expenditure in the preceding 30
calendar month and either the total contributions received or total 31
expenditures made since the last such report exceed ((two hundred 32
dollars)) $200. 33
(b) Each incidental committee shall file with the commission a 34
report on the 10th day of each month during which the incidental 35
committee is not otherwise required to report under this section only 36
if the committee has: 37
(i) Received a payment that would change the information required 38
under RCW 29B.25.100(2)(d) as included in its last report; or39
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(ii) Made any election campaign expenditure reportable under RCW 1
29B.25.100(7) since its last report, and the total election campaign 2
expenditures made since the last report exceed ((two hundred 3
dollars)) $200. 4
(4) The report filed 21 days before the election shall report all 5
contributions received and expenditures made as of the end of one 6
business day before the date of the report. The report filed seven 7
days before the election shall report all contributions received and 8
expenditures made as of the end of one business day before the date 9
of the report. Reports filed on the 10th day of the month shall 10
report all contributions received and expenditures made from the 11
closing date of the last report filed through the last day of the 12
month preceding the date of the current report. 13
(5) For the period beginning the first day of the fourth month 14
preceding the date of the special election, or for the period 15
beginning the first day of the fifth month before the date of the 16
general election, and ending on the date of that special or general 17
election, each Monday the treasurer for a candidate or a political 18
committee shall file with the commission a report of each bank 19
deposit made during the previous seven calendar days. The report 20
shall contain the name of each person contributing the funds and the 21
amount contributed by each person. However, persons who contribute no 22
more than ((twenty-five dollars )) $25 in the aggregate are not 23
required to be identified in the report. A copy of the report shall 24
be retained by the treasurer for the treasurer's records. In the 25
event of deposits made by candidates, political committee members, or 26
paid staff other than the treasurer, the copy shall be immediately 27
provided to the treasurer for the treasurer's records. Each report 28
shall be certified as correct by the treasurer. 29
(6)(a) The treasurer for a candidate or a political committee 30
shall maintain books of account accurately reflecting all 31
contributions and expenditures on a current basis within five 32
business days of receipt or expenditure. During the 10 calendar days 33
immediately preceding the date of the election the books of account 34
shall be kept current within one business day. As specified in the 35
political committee's statement of organization filed under RCW 36
29B.25.020, the books of account must be open for public inspection 37
by appointment at a place agreed upon by both the treasurer and the 38
requestor, for inspections between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day 39
from the 10th calendar day immediately before the election through 40
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the day immediately before the election, other than Saturday, Sunday, 1
or a legal holiday. It is a violation of this title for a candidate 2
or political committee to refuse to allow and keep an appointment for 3
an inspection to be conducted during these authorized times and days. 4
The appointment must be allowed at an authorized time and day for 5
such inspections that is within 48 hours of the time and day that is 6
requested for the inspection. The treasurer may provide digital 7
access or copies of the books of account in lieu of scheduling an 8
appointment at a designated place for inspection. If the treasurer 9
and requestor are unable to agree on a location and the treasurer has 10
not provided digital access to the books of account, the default 11
location for an appointment shall be a place of public accommodation 12
selected by the treasurer within a reasonable distance from the 13
treasurer's office. 14
(b) At the time of making the appointment, a person wishing to 15
inspect the books of account must provide the treasurer the name and 16
telephone number of the person wishing to inspect the books of 17
account. The person inspecting the books of account must show photo 18
identification before the inspection begins. 19
(c) A treasurer may refuse to show the books of account to any 20
person who does not make an appointment or provide the required 21
identification. The commission may issue limited rules to modify the 22
requirements set forth in this section in consideration of other 23
technology and best practices. 24
(d) In accordance with RCW 29B.05.030 and section 7 of this act, 25
if a treasurer receives a request from an elected official to redact 26
the elected official's residential address, the treasurer shall 27
redact from the books of account the residential address of the 28
elected official and the same address of any person residing with the 29
elected official who appears in the books of account before making 30
the books of account open for public inspection.31
(7) Copies of all reports filed pursuant to this section shall be 32
readily available for public inspection by appointment, pursuant to 33
subsection (6) of this section. 34
(8) The treasurer or candidate shall preserve books of account, 35
bills, receipts, and all other financial records of the campaign or 36
political committee for not less than five calendar years following 37
the year during which the transaction occurred or for any longer 38
period as otherwise required by law. 39
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(9) All reports filed pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this 1
section shall be certified as correct by the candidate and the 2
treasurer. 3
(10) Where there is not a pending complaint concerning a report, 4
it is not evidence of a violation of this section to submit an 5
amended report within 21 days of filing an initial report if:6
(a) The report is accurately amended; 7
(b) The amended report is filed more than 30 days before an 8
election; 9
(c) The total aggregate dollar amount of the adjustment for the 10
amended report is within three times the contribution limit per 11
election or ((two hundred dollars)) $200, whichever is greater; and12
(d) The committee reported all information that was available to 13
it at the time of filing, or made a good faith effort to do so, or if 14
a refund of a contribution or expenditure is being reported.15
(11)(a) When there is no outstanding debt or obligation, the 16
campaign fund is closed, the campaign is concluded in all respects, 17
and the political committee has ceased to function and intends to 18
dissolve, the treasurer shall file a final report. Upon submitting a 19
final report, the political committee so intending to dissolve must 20
file notice of intent to dissolve with the commission and the 21
commission must post the notice on its website. 22
(b) Any political committee may dissolve 60 days after it files 23
its notice to dissolve, only if: 24
(i) The political committee does not make any expenditures other 25
than those related to the dissolution process or engage in any 26
political activity or any other activities that generate additional 27
reporting requirements under this title after filing such notice;28
(ii) No complaint or court action under this title is pending 29
against the political committee; and 30
(iii) All penalties assessed by the commission or court order 31
have been paid by the political committee. 32
(c) The political committee must continue to report regularly as 33
required under this title until all the conditions under (b) of this 34
subsection are resolved. 35
(d) Upon dissolution, the commission must issue an acknowledgment 36
of dissolution, the duties of the treasurer shall cease, and there 37
shall be no further obligations under this title. Dissolution does 38
not absolve the candidate or board of the committee from 39
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responsibility for any future obligations resulting from the finding 1
after dissolution of a violation committed prior to dissolution.2
(12) The commission must adopt rules for the dissolution of 3
incidental committees. 4
Sec. 10. RCW 29B.40.180 and 2024 c 164 s 460 are each amended to 5
read as follows: 6
(1) A person, other than an individual, may not be an 7
intermediary or an agent for a contribution. 8
(2) An individual may not make a contribution on behalf of 9
another person or entity, or while acting as the intermediary or 10
agent of another person or entity, without disclosing to the 11
recipient of the contribution both his or her full name, street 12
address, occupation, name of employer, if any, or place of business 13
if self-employed, and the same information for each contributor for 14
whom the individual serves as intermediary or agent.15
(3)(a) An elected official, whether acting as an intermediary or 16
agent for a contribution or a contributor using an intermediary or 17
agent, or who resides with any such a person, may, using a form 18
developed by the commission, request that the commission redact from 19
pertinent records the street address of the elected official's 20
residence and the same street address of any person residing with the 21
elected official who appears in a report. The elected official must 22
identify the street address to be redacted and the specific report 23
containing such address. Upon receipt of such request, the identified 24
street address contained in the identified reports and the request 25
form is confidential and may not be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW 26
except as provided for under (b) of this subsection, and the 27
commission shall conduct a reasonable search and redact such 28
addresses from the reports in a timely manner. A request made under 29
this subsection may not be construed as a standing request to redact 30
the address in future records.31
(b) The commission may disclose the street address for the 32
residence of an elected official or any person residing with such 33
person:34
(i) Upon receipt of the express written consent of the elected 35
official to disclose the elected official's street address; or36
(ii) To the news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010, in response 37
to a public records request under chapter 42.56 RCW from the news 38
media. At the time of their request, the requester shall disclose to 39
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the commission the requester's legal name and the requester's 1
associated news media. Any street address disclosed pursuant to this 2
subsection may not be further disseminated by the recipient. 3
Immediately upon receiving a request for a report filed under this 4
section, the commission shall notify all elected officials whose 5
information is included in such a report. The notice must include the 6
name of the requester and the requester's associated news media. The 7
requirement to provide notice under this subsection may not delay the 8
production of records in response to a public records request.9
(c) For purposes of this subsection (3), "residence" has the same 10
meaning as in RCW 29B.05.030.11
Sec. 11. RCW 29A.24.031 and 2013 c 11 s 31 are each amended to 12
read as follows: 13
(1) A candidate who desires to have his or her name printed on 14
the ballot for election to an office other than president of the 15
United States, vice president of the United States, or an office for 16
which ownership of property is a prerequisite to voting shall 17
complete and file a declaration of candidacy. The secretary of state 18
shall adopt, by rule, a declaration of candidacy form for the office 19
of precinct committee officer and a separate standard form for 20
candidates for all other offices filing under this chapter. Included 21
on the standard form shall be: 22
(((1))) (a)(i) A place for the candidate to declare that he or 23
she is a registered voter within the jurisdiction of the office for 24
which he or she is filing, and the address at which he or she is 25
registered; 26
(((2))) (ii) Except as provided in (a)(iii) of this subsection, 27
the address at which the candidate is registered that is provided on 28
a declaration of candidacy is confidential and may not be disclosed 29
under chapter 42.56 RCW. This subsection (1)(a)(ii) applies to 30
declarations of candidacy filed before the effective date of this 31
section and to declarations of candidacy filed on or after the 32
effective date of this section.33
(iii) The address at which the candidate is registered may be 34
disclosed:35
(A) If the candidate has provided express written consent to 36
disclose the candidate's address;37
(B) To the news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010, in response to 38
a public records request under chapter 42.56 RCW from the news media. 39
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The requester must include in the request for public records the 1
requester's legal name and the requester's associated news media. Any 2
address disclosed pursuant to this subsection may not be further 3
disseminated by the recipient. Immediately upon receiving a request 4
for a report filed under this section, the agency receiving the 5
request shall notify all candidates whose information is included in 6
such a report. The notice must include the name of the requester and 7
the requester's associated news media. The requirement to provide 8
notice under this subsection may not delay the production of records 9
in response to a public records request; or 10
(C) Upon request of the public disclosure commission for the 11
purpose of carrying out its official duties;12
(b) A place for the candidate to indicate the candidate's consent 13
for the disclosure of the candidate's address provided on the 14
declaration;15
(c) A place for the candidate to indicate the position for which 16
he or she is filing; 17
(((3))) (d) A place for the candidate to state a party 18
preference, if the office is a partisan office; 19
(((4))) (e) A place for the candidate to indicate the amount of 20
the filing fee accompanying the declaration of candidacy or for the 21
candidate to indicate that he or she is filing a filing fee petition 22
in lieu of the filing fee under RCW 29A.24.091; 23
(((5))) (f)(i) A place for the candidate to sign the declaration 24
of candidacy under oath , ((stating)) swearing or affirming that the 25
information provided on the form is true , acknowledging that 26
knowingly providing a false statement on the declaration of candidacy 27
constitutes a crime under RCW 9A.72.040, and swearing or affirming 28
that he or she will support the Constitution and laws of the United 29
States and the Constitution and laws of the state of Washington((.));30
(ii) In the case of a declaration of candidacy filed 31
electronically, the filer shall be notified before submission that 32
submission of the form constitutes ((agreement)) a sworn statement or 33
affirmation under oath that the information provided with the filing 34
is true, that the filer acknowledges that knowingly providing a false 35
statement on the declaration of candidacy constitutes a crime in RCW 36
9A.72.040, and that he or she will support the Constitutions and laws 37
of the United States and the state of Washington, and that he or she 38
agrees to electronic payment of the filing fee established in RCW 39
29A.24.091((.)); and40
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(g) The secretary of state may require any other information on 1
the form he or she deems appropriate to facilitate the filing 2
process. 3
(2) Any individual may submit a complaint to the secretary of 4
state or county auditor with whom the candidate filed the candidate's 5
declaration if the individual believes that a candidate provided an 6
address on the declaration of candidacy that is not the address at 7
which the candidate is registered. The secretary of state or county 8
auditor shall, within 24 hours of receiving such complaint, request 9
supporting documentation as specified by the secretary of state by 10
rule, from the candidate that shows the candidate's residential 11
address. Within five days of the complaint, the secretary of state or 12
county auditor shall issue a determination either affirming or 13
rejecting the allegation in the complaint. Any supporting document 14
provided under this subsection must be made available for public 15
inspection, but the secretary of state or county auditor shall first 16
redact the residential address of the candidate.17
(3) For purposes of this section:18
(a) "Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as in RCW 29B.05.030.19
(b) "Residence" means the primary residential real property used 20
exclusively as a personal dwelling unit by the candidate.21
(c) "Residential address" means the physical address of a 22
residence used by the candidate.23
Sec. 12. RCW 29A.08.710 and 2023 c 466 s 27 and 2023 c 361 s 7 24
are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:25
(1) The county auditor shall have custody of the original voter 26
registration records and voter registration sign up records for each 27
county. The original voter registration form must be filed without 28
regard to precinct and is considered confidential and unavailable for 29
public inspection and copying. An automated file of all registered 30
voters must be maintained pursuant to RCW 29A.08.125. An auditor may 31
maintain the automated file in lieu of filing or maintaining the 32
original voter registration forms if the automated file includes all 33
of the information from the original voter registration forms 34
including, but not limited to, a retrievable facsimile of each 35
voter's signature. 36
(2)(a) The following information contained in voter registration 37
records or files regarding a voter or a group of voters is available 38
for public inspection and copying, except as provided in RCW 39
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40.24.060 and (b) of this subsection: The voter's name, address, 1
political jurisdiction, gender, year of birth, voting record, date of 2
registration, and registration number. No other information from 3
voter registration records or files is available for public 4
inspection or copying. 5
(b)(i) Disclosure of information on individuals under the age of 6
18 is subject to RCW 29A.08.725. 7
(ii) The address of an elected official, election official, a 8
criminal justice participant, and that of any person sharing the same 9
voter registration address as the elected official, election 10
official, or criminal justice participant is confidential and may not 11
be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW, except as provided under 12
(b)(iii) of this subsection.13
(iii) The address at which the elected official, election 14
official, or criminal justice participant is registered may be 15
disclosed:16
(A) Upon receipt of the express written consent of the elected 17
official, election official, or criminal justice participant to 18
disclose their residential address; or19
(B) To the news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010, in response to 20
a public records request under chapter 42.56 RCW from the news media. 21
The requester must include in the request for public records the 22
requester's legal name and the requester's associated news media. Any 23
address disclosed pursuant to this subsection may not be further 24
disseminated by the recipient. Immediately upon receiving a request 25
for the voter registration address of an elected official, the agency 26
receiving the request shall notify the elected official of the 27
request. The notice must include the name of the requester and the 28
requester's associated news media. The requirement to provide notice 29
under this subsection may not delay the production of records in 30
response to a public records request.31
(iv) For purposes of this subsection (2)(b):32
(A) "Criminal justice participant" has the same meaning as in RCW 33
65.04.140.34
(B) "Elected official" has the same meaning as in RCW 29B.10.180.35
Sec. 13. RCW 65.04.140 and 2021 c 122 s 7 are each amended to 36
read as follows: 37
(1) The county auditor in his or her capacity of recorder of 38
deeds is sole custodian of all books in which are recorded deeds, 39
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mortgages, judgments, liens, incumbrances, and other instruments of 1
writing, indexes thereto, maps, charts, town plats, survey and other 2
books and papers constituting the records and files in said office of 3
recorder of deeds, and except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) 4
of this section, all such records and files are, and shall be, 5
matters of public information, free of charge to any and all persons 6
demanding to inspect or to examine the same, or to search the same 7
for titles of property. It is said recorder's duty to arrange in 8
suitable places the indexes of said books of record, and when 9
practicable, the record books themselves, to the end that the same 10
may be accessible to the public and convenient for said public 11
inspection, examination, and search, and not interfere with the said 12
auditor's personal control and responsibility for the same, or 13
prevent him or her from promptly furnishing the said records and 14
files of his or her said office to persons demanding any information 15
from the same. The said auditor or recorder ((must and)) shall, upon 16
demand, and without charge, freely permit any and all persons, during 17
reasonable office hours, to inspect, examine, and search any or all 18
of the records and files of his or her said office, and to gather any 19
information therefrom, and to make any desired notes or memoranda 20
about or concerning the same, and to prepare an abstract or abstracts 21
of title to any and all property therein contained. The county 22
auditor has fulfilled this obligation regarding those records that 23
can be accessed by the public on the county auditor's website.24
(2)(a) A criminal justice participant, elected official, election 25
official, or any person who resides with such an individual, named in 26
a record described under subsection (1) of this section, may submit a 27
written request for nondisclosure to the auditor or recorder 28
requesting that the person's residential address and the associated 29
parcel number be redacted in any publicly available record described 30
under subsection (1) of this section. The request must be in the form 31
required by the auditor or recorder and signed under penalty of 32
perjury attesting that the person making the request is a criminal 33
justice participant, elected official, election official, or a person 34
residing with such an individual, and named in a record described 35
under subsection (1) of this section. The residential address 36
provided in the form is confidential and may not be disclosed under 37
chapter 42.56 RCW if the request is granted pursuant to (b) of this 38
subsection.39
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(b) Within 60 days of receiving a written request for 1
nondisclosure in accordance with (a) of this subsection, the auditor 2
or recorder shall grant or deny the request. A request must be 3
granted if the requester meets the requirements under (a) of this 4
subsection. If the request is granted, the residential address and 5
associated parcel number of a criminal justice participant, elected 6
official, election official, or a person residing with such an 7
individual, is confidential and may not be made available for public 8
inspection or otherwise disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW, except as 9
provided under subsection (3) of this section. The auditor or 10
recorder shall, within 60 days from the date the request is granted, 11
redact the residential address of the requester from any public 12
record described in subsection (1) of this section and any written 13
requests for nondisclosure. Redactions must be made in a manner that 14
does not permanently alter the original record.15
(c) Within 30 days of granting the written request for 16
nondisclosure, the auditor or recorder shall notify the county 17
assessor and state archivist of the auditor's or recorder's decision. 18
The county assessor and state archivist shall comply with redaction 19
requirements set forth under RCW 84.40.020, 84.40.160, and 40.14.030.20
(d) The auditor or recorder may charge a reasonable fee to a 21
person requesting to redact the person's residential addresses 22
pursuant to this section. Upon affidavit by the person submitting the 23
written request for nondisclosure that the person is unable to pay 24
the fees due to financial hardship, the auditor or recorder shall 25
waive all fees.26
(3) The residential address and associated parcel number of an 27
individual described under subsection (2) of this section may be 28
disclosed as follows:29
(a) Upon receipt of the express written consent of the criminal 30
justice participant, elected official, election official, or any 31
person residing with such an individual, who initially made the 32
written request for nondisclosure under subsection (2) of this 33
section; or34
(b) To the news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010, in response to 35
a public records request under chapter 42.56 RCW from the news media. 36
At the time of their request, the requester shall disclose to the 37
auditor or recorder the requester's legal name and the requester's 38
associated news media. Any address disclosed pursuant to this 39
subsection may not be further disseminated by the recipient. 40
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Immediately upon receiving a request for a record described under 1
subsection (1) of this section, the auditor or recorder shall notify 2
the individuals described under subsection (2) of this section whose 3
address is the subject of such record. The notice must include the 4
name of the requester and the requester's associated news media. The 5
requirement to provide notice under this subsection may not delay the 6
production of records in response to a public records request.7
(4) A person whose written request for nondisclosure is granted 8
shall notify the auditor or recorder in a timely manner when the 9
person is no longer covered under subsection (2) of this section. 10
Upon receiving such notice, the auditor or recorder shall, within 30 11
days, notify the county assessor and state archivist and remove the 12
redactions accordingly.13
(5) Any residential address contained in a notice provided to the 14
county assessor or state archivist pursuant to this section is 15
confidential and may not be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW or 16
otherwise subject to public inspection.17
(6) For purposes of this section:18
(a) "Criminal justice participant" means a current or former 19
federal, state, or local prosecuting attorney; deputy prosecuting 20
attorney or other staff member of a prosecution agency; federal, 21
state, county, or municipal judge, magistrate, or commissioner; 22
federal, state, or local law enforcement agency staff member; staff 23
member of any adult corrections institution or local adult detention 24
facility; staff member of any juvenile corrections institution or 25
local juvenile detention facility; community corrections officer or 26
probation or parole officer; member of the indeterminate sentence 27
review board; advocate from a crime victim/witness program; or 28
criminal defense attorney employed by a public defense agency.29
(b) "Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as in RCW 29B.05.030.30
(c) "Elected official" has the same meaning as in RCW 29B.10.180.31
(d) "Election official" has the same meaning as described in RCW 32
9A.46.020.33
(e) "Residence" means the primary residential real property used 34
exclusively as a personal dwelling unit by the criminal justice 35
participant, elected official, election official, or any person who 36
resides with such an individual, named in a record described under 37
subsection (1) of this section.38
(f) "Residential address" means the physical address of a 39
residence used by the criminal justice participant, elected official, 40
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election official, or any person who resides with such an individual, 1
named in a record described under subsection (1) of this section.2
Sec. 14. RCW 84.40.020 and 2005 c 274 s 364 are each amended to 3
read as follows: 4
(1)(a) All real property in this state subject to taxation shall 5
be listed and assessed every year, with reference to its value on the 6
first day of January of the year in which it is assessed. Such 7
listing and all supporting documents and records shall be open to 8
public inspection during the regular office hours of the assessor's 9
office: PROVIDED, That confidential income data is hereby exempted 10
from public inspection as noted in RCW 42.56.070 and ((42.56.210)) 11
42.56.230, and except as provided under (c) of this subsection, the 12
residential address and associated parcel number of the residence of 13
a criminal justice participant, elected official, election official, 14
or any person residing with such an individual, contained in records 15
described under this section or RCW 65.04.140 is confidential and may 16
not be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW or otherwise subject to 17
public inspection upon notice provided by the county auditor or 18
recorder in accordance with RCW 65.04.140 of the county auditor's or 19
recorder's decision to grant a written request for nondisclosure. 20
Within 60 days of receiving such notice, the county assessor shall 21
redact the residential address of a criminal justice participant, 22
elected official, election official, or person residing with such an 23
individual, contained in any publicly available record described 24
under this subsection. Redactions must be made in a manner that does 25
not permanently alter the original record. The county assessor may 26
charge a reasonable fee to a person requesting to redact the person's 27
residential addresses pursuant to this section. Upon affidavit by the 28
person submitting the request for nondisclosure that the person is 29
unable to pay the fees due to financial hardship, the county assessor 30
shall waive all fees.31
(b) Within 30 days of receiving a notice from the county auditor 32
or recorder in accordance with RCW 65.04.140 that a person whose 33
residential address has been redacted pursuant to this subsection is 34
no longer qualified to receive such redaction, the county assessor 35
shall remove all redactions accordingly.36
(c) The residential address of a criminal justice participant, 37
elected official, election official, or any person residing with such 38
an individual, may be disclosed as follows:39
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(i) Upon receipt of the express written consent of a criminal 1
justice participant, elected official, election official, or person 2
residing with such an individual, who initially made the written 3
request for nondisclosure under RCW 65.04.140; or4
(ii) To the news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010, in response 5
to a public records request under chapter 42.56 RCW from the news 6
media. At the time of the request, the requester shall disclose to 7
the county assessor the requester's legal name and the requester's 8
associated news media. Any address disclosed pursuant to this 9
subsection may not be further disseminated by the recipient. 10
Immediately upon receiving a request for a record described under 11
subsection (1) of this section, the county assessor shall notify the 12
criminal justice participant, elected official, election official, or 13
person residing with such an individual whose address is the subject 14
of such record. The notice must include the name of the requester and 15
the requester's associated news media. The requirement to provide 16
notice under this subsection may not delay the production of records 17
in response to a public records request.18
(d) For purposes of this section:19
(i) "Criminal justice participant" has the same meaning as in RCW 20
65.04.140.21
(ii) "Elected official" has the same meaning as in RCW 22
29B.10.180.23
(iii) "Election official" has the same meaning as described in 24
RCW 9A.46.020.25
(iv) "Residential address" has the same meaning as in RCW 26
65.04.140. 27
(2) All personal property in this state subject to taxation shall 28
be listed and assessed every year, with reference to its value and 29
ownership on the first day of January of the year in which it is 30
assessed: PROVIDED, That if the stock of goods, wares, merchandise or 31
material, whether in a raw or finished state or in process of 32
manufacture, owned or held by any taxpayer on January 1 st of any year 33
does not fairly represent the average stock carried by such taxpayer, 34
such stock shall be listed and assessed upon the basis of the monthly 35
average of stock owned or held by such taxpayer during the preceding 36
calendar year or during such portion thereof as the taxpayer was 37
engaged in business. 38
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Sec. 15. RCW 84.40.160 and 2013 c 23 s 359 are each amended to 1
read as follows: 2
((The)) (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, 3
the assessor shall list all real property according to the largest 4
legal subdivision as near as practicable. The assessor shall make out 5
in the plat and description book in numerical order a complete list 6
of all lands or lots subject to taxation, showing the names and 7
owners, if to him or her known and if unknown, so stated; the number 8
of acres and lots or parts of lots included in each description of 9
property and the value per acre or lot: PROVIDED, That the assessor 10
shall give to each tract of land where described by metes and bounds 11
a number, to be designated as Tax No. . . . ., which said number 12
shall be placed on the tax rolls to indicate that certain piece of 13
real property bearing such number, and described by metes and bounds 14
in the plat and description book herein mentioned, and it shall not 15
be necessary to enter a description by metes and bounds on the tax 16
roll of the county, and the assessor's plat and description book 17
shall be kept as a part of the tax collector's records: AND PROVIDED, 18
FURTHER, That the board of county commissioners of any county may by 19
order direct that the property be listed numerically according to 20
lots and blocks or section, township and range, in the smallest 21
platted or government subdivision, and when so listed the value of 22
each block, lot or tract, the value of the improvements thereon and 23
the total value thereof, including improvements thereon, shall be 24
extended after the description of each lot, block or tract, which 25
last extension shall be in the column headed "Total value of each 26
tract, lot or block of land assessed with improvements as returned by 27
the assessor." In carrying the values of said property into the 28
column representing the equalized value thereof, the county assessor 29
shall include and carry over in one item the equalized valuation of 30
all lots in one block, or land in one section, listed consecutively, 31
which belong to any one person, firm, or corporation, and are 32
situated within the same taxing district, and in the assessed value 33
of which the county board of equalization has made no change. Where 34
assessed valuations are changed, the equalized valuation must be 35
extended and shown by item. 36
(2) The assessor shall prepare and possess a complete set of maps 37
drawn to indicate parcel configuration for lands in the county. The 38
assessor shall continually update the maps to reflect transfers, 39
conveyances, acquisitions, or any other transaction or event that 40
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changes the boundaries of any parcel and shall renumber the parcels 1
or prepare new map pages for any portion of the maps to show 2
combinations or divisions of parcels. 3
(3)(a) The name of a criminal justice participant, elected 4
official, election official, or any person residing with such 5
individual, contained in records described under this section or 6
supporting documents used to create such records is confidential and 7
may not be made available for public inspection or disclosed under 8
chapter 42.56 RCW upon notice provided by the county auditor or 9
recorder in accordance with RCW 65.04.140 of the county auditor's or 10
recorder's decision to grant a written request for nondisclosure. 11
Within 30 days of such notice, the county assessor shall redact the 12
name of a criminal justice participant, elected official, election 13
official, or person residing with such individual contained in any 14
publicly available record described under this section. Redactions 15
must be made in a manner that does not permanently alter the original 16
record. The county assessor may charge a reasonable fee to a person 17
requesting to redact the person's name pursuant to this section. Upon 18
affidavit by the person submitting the request for nondisclosure that 19
the person is unable to pay the fees due to financial hardship, the 20
county assessor shall waive all fees.21
(b) The name of a criminal justice participant, elected official, 22
election official, or person residing with such an individual, may be 23
disclosed as follows:24
(i) Upon receipt of the express written consent of a criminal 25
justice participant, elected official, election official, or person 26
residing with such an individual, who initially made the written 27
request for nondisclosure under RCW 65.04.140; or28
(ii) To the news media, as defined in RCW 5.68.010, in response 29
to a public records request under chapter 42.56 RCW from the news 30
media. At the time of their request, the requester shall disclose to 31
the county assessor the requester's legal name and the requester's 32
associated news media. Any name disclosed pursuant to this subsection 33
may not be further disseminated by the recipient. Immediately upon 34
receiving a request for a record described under subsection (1) of 35
this section, the county assessor shall notify the criminal justice 36
participant, elected official, election official, or a person who 37
resides with such an individual who is the subject of such record. 38
The notice must include the name of the requester and the requester's 39
associated news media. The requirement to provide notice under this 40
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subsection may not delay the production of records in response to a 1
public records request. 2
(c) Within 30 days of receiving a notice from the county auditor 3
or recorder in accordance with RCW 65.04.140 that a person whose name 4
has been redacted pursuant to this subsection is no longer qualified 5
to receive such redaction, the county assessor shall remove all 6
redactions accordingly.7
(d) For purposes of this subsection (3), the terms "criminal 8
justice participant," "elected official," and "election official" 9
have the same meanings as in RCW 84.40.020.10
Sec. 16. RCW 40.14.030 and 2011 c 336 s 817 are each amended to 11
read as follows: 12
(1) All public records, not required in the current operation of 13
the office where they are made or kept, and all records of every 14
agency, commission, committee, or any other activity of state 15
government which may be abolished or discontinued, shall be 16
transferred to the state archives so that the valuable historical 17
records of the state may be centralized, made more widely available, 18
and insured permanent preservation: PROVIDED, That this section shall 19
have no application to public records approved for destruction under 20
the subsequent provisions of this chapter. 21
When so transferred, copies of the public records concerned shall 22
be made and certified by the archivist, which certification shall 23
have the same force and effect as though made by the officer 24
originally in charge of them. Fees may be charged to cover the cost 25
of reproduction. In turning over the archives of his or her office, 26
the officer in charge thereof, or his or her successor, thereby loses 27
none of his or her rights of access to them, without charge, whenever 28
necessary. 29
(2) Records that are confidential, privileged, or exempt from 30
public disclosure under state or federal law while in the possession 31
of the originating agency, commission, board, committee, or other 32
entity of state or local government retain their confidential, 33
privileged, or exempt status after transfer to the state archives or 34
when otherwise in the possession of the state archives unless the 35
archivist, with the concurrence of the originating jurisdiction, 36
determines that the records must be made accessible to the public 37
according to proper and reasonable rules adopted by the secretary of 38
state, in which case the records may be open to inspection and 39
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available for copying after the expiration of ((seventy-five)) 75 1
years from creation of the record. If the originating jurisdiction is 2
no longer in existence, the archivist shall make the determination of 3
availability according to such rules. If, while in the possession of 4
the originating agency, commission, board, committee, or other 5
entity, any record is determined to be confidential, privileged, or 6
exempt from public disclosure under state or federal law for a period 7
of less than ((seventy-five)) 75 years, then the record, with the 8
concurrence of the originating jurisdiction, must be made accessible 9
to the public upon the expiration of the shorter period of time 10
according to proper and reasonable rules adopted by the secretary of 11
state. 12
Sec. 17. RCW 4.24.680 and 2006 c 355 s 2 are each amended to 13
read as follows: 14
(1) A person shall not knowingly make available on the world wide 15
web the personal information of a peace officer, corrections person, 16
justice, judge, commissioner, public defender, or prosecutor if the 17
dissemination of the personal information poses an imminent and 18
serious threat to the peace officer's, corrections person's, 19
justice's, judge's, commissioner's, public defender's, or 20
prosecutor's safety or the safety of that person's immediate family 21
and the threat is reasonably apparent to the person making the 22
information available on the world wide web to be serious and 23
imminent. 24
(2) It is not a violation of this section if an employee of a 25
county auditor ((or)), county assessor, public disclosure commission, 26
or state archivist publishes personal information, in good faith, on 27
the website of the county auditor ((or)), county assessor , public 28
disclosure commission, or state archivist in the ordinary course of 29
carrying out public functions , except where such publication is in 30
violation of this act. 31
(3) For the purposes of this section: 32
(a) "Commissioner" means a commissioner of the superior court, 33
court of appeals, or supreme court. 34
(b) "Corrections person" means any employee or volunteer who by 35
state, county, municipal, or combination thereof, statute has the 36
responsibility for the confinement, care, management, training, 37
treatment, education, supervision, or counseling of those whose civil 38
rights have been limited in some way by legal sanction.39
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(c) "Immediate family" means a peace officer's, corrections 1
person's, justice's, judge's, commissioner's, public defender's, or 2
prosecutor's spouse, child, or parent and any other adult who lives 3
in the same residence as the person. 4
(d) "Judge" means a judge of the United States district court, 5
the United States court of appeals, the United States magistrate, the 6
United States bankruptcy court, and the Washington court of appeals, 7
superior court, district court, or municipal court.8
(e) "Justice" means a justice of the United States supreme court 9
or Washington supreme court. 10
(f) "Personal information" means a peace officer's, corrections 11
person's, justice's, judge's, commissioner's, public defender's, or 12
prosecutor's home address, home telephone number, pager number, 13
social security number, home email address, directions to the 14
person's home, or photographs of the person's home or vehicle.15
(g) "Prosecutor" means a county prosecuting attorney, a city 16
attorney, the attorney general, or a United States attorney and their 17
assistants or deputies. 18
(h) "Public defender" means a federal public defender, or other 19
public defender, and his or her assistants or deputies.20
Sec. 18. RCW 29B.40.090 and 2024 c 164 s 451 are each amended to 21
read as follows: 22
(1) The surplus funds of a candidate or a candidate's authorized 23
committee may only be disposed of in any one or more of the following 24
ways: 25
(((1))) (a) Return the surplus to a contributor in an amount not 26
to exceed that contributor's original contribution;27
(((2))) (b) Using surplus, reimburse the candidate for lost 28
earnings incurred as a result of that candidate's election campaign. 29
Lost earnings shall be verifiable as unpaid salary or, when the 30
candidate is not salaried, as an amount not to exceed income received 31
by the candidate for services rendered during an appropriate, 32
corresponding time period. All lost earnings incurred shall be 33
documented and a record thereof shall be maintained by the candidate 34
or the candidate's authorized committee. The committee shall maintain 35
a copy of this record in accordance with RCW 29B.25.090(6);36
(((3))) (c) Transfer the surplus without limit to a political 37
party or to a caucus political committee; 38
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(((4))) (d) Donate the surplus to a charitable organization 1
registered in accordance with chapter 19.09 RCW; 2
(((5))) (e) Transmit the surplus to the state treasurer for 3
deposit in the general fund, the Washington state legacy project, 4
state library, and archives account under RCW 43.07.380, or the 5
legislative international trade account under RCW 43.15.050, as 6
specified by the candidate or political committee; or7
(((6))) (f) Hold the surplus in the depository or depositories 8
designated in accordance with RCW 29B.25.050 for possible use in a 9
future election campaign for the same office last sought by the 10
candidate and report any such disposition in accordance with RCW 11
29B.25.100. If the candidate subsequently announces or publicly files 12
for office, the appropriate information must be reported to the 13
commission in accordance with RCW 29B.25.020 through 29B.25.100. If a 14
subsequent office is not sought the surplus held shall be disposed of 15
in accordance with the requirements of this section.16
(((7))) (g)(i) Hold the surplus campaign funds in a separate 17
account for nonreimbursed public office-related expenses or as 18
provided in this section, and report any such disposition in 19
accordance with RCW 29B.25.100. The separate account required under 20
this subsection shall not be used for deposits of campaign funds that 21
are not surplus. 22
For the purposes of this subsection, a public office-related 23
expense includes, but is not limited to, direct out-of-pocket 24
expenses made by the candidate or elected official for personal 25
security measures, as defined in section 4 of this act, that are 26
necessary to address dangers or threats that would not exist but for 27
the individual's status as a candidate or elected official, provided 28
that the personal security measure is reasonably proportional in 29
scope to the level of danger or threat that exists for the candidate 30
or elected official. Surplus campaign funds may not be used to 31
reimburse a candidate or elected official for payments made to the 32
individual's spouse or registered domestic partner, child, parent, 33
grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-34
law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or the 35
spouse of any such persons, or an entity in which any person 36
described in this subsection has a personal beneficial interest.37
(ii) Disbursements for personal security measures must be for the 38
usual and normal charge for such goods or services. "Usual and normal 39
charge" means, in the case of goods, the price of those goods in the 40
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market in which they are ordinarily purchased and, in the case of 1
services, the hourly or piecework charge for the services at a 2
commercially reasonable rate prevailing at the time the services were 3
rendered. 4
(((8))) (2) No candidate or authorized committee may transfer 5
funds to any other candidate or other political committee.6
(3) The disposal of surplus funds under this section shall not be 7
considered a contribution for purposes of this title.8
Sec. 19. RCW 29B.40.130 and 2024 c 164 s 455 are each amended to 9
read as follows: 10
Contributions received and reported in accordance with RCW 11
29B.25.060 through 29B.25.100 and 29B.40.080 may only be paid to a 12
candidate, or a treasurer or other individual or expended for such 13
individual's personal use under the following circumstances:14
(1) Reimbursement for or payments to cover lost earnings incurred 15
as a result of campaigning or services performed for the political 16
committee. Lost earnings shall be verifiable as unpaid salary, or 17
when the individual is not salaried, as an amount not to exceed 18
income received by the individual for services rendered during an 19
appropriate, corresponding time period. All lost earnings incurred 20
shall be documented and a record shall be maintained by the candidate 21
or the candidate's authorized committee in accordance with RCW 22
29B.25.090. 23
(2) Reimbursement for direct out-of-pocket election campaign and 24
postelection campaign related expenses made by the individual. For 25
example, expenses for child care or other direct caregiving 26
responsibilities may be reimbursed if they are incurred directly as a 27
result of the candidate's campaign activities. To receive 28
reimbursement from the political committee, the individual shall 29
provide the political committee with written documentation as to the 30
amount, date, and description of each expense, and the political 31
committee shall include a copy of such information when its 32
expenditure for such reimbursement is reported pursuant to RCW 33
29B.25.100. 34
(3) Repayment of loans made by the individual to political 35
committees shall be reported pursuant to RCW 29B.25.100. However, 36
contributions may not be used to reimburse a candidate for loans 37
totaling more than four thousand seven hundred dollars made by the 38
candidate to the candidate's own authorized committee.39
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(4)(a) Reimbursement for direct out-of-pocket expenses made by a 1
candidate or an elected official for personal security measures, as 2
defined in section 4 of this act, that are necessary to address 3
dangers or threats that would not exist but for the individual's 4
status or duties as a candidate or an elected official, provided that 5
the personal security measure is reasonably proportional in scope to 6
the level of danger or threat that exists for the candidate or 7
elected official. Campaign funds may not be used to reimburse a 8
candidate or an elected official for payments made to the 9
individual's spouse or registered domestic partner, child, parent, 10
grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-11
law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, or first cousin, or 12
the spouse of any such person, or an entity in which any person 13
described in this subsection has a personal beneficial interest.14
(b) Disbursements for personal security measures must be for the 15
usual and normal charge for such goods or services. "Usual and normal 16
charge" means, in the case of goods, the price of those goods in the 17
market in which they are ordinarily purchased and, in the case of 18
services, the hourly or piecework charge for the services at a 19
commercially reasonable rate prevailing at the time the services were 20
rendered.21
NEW SECTION. Sec. 20. (1) A legislator may use the legislator's 22
member business expense account to pay for personal security 23
measures, as defined in section 4 of this act, that are necessary to 24
address dangers or threats that would not exist but for the 25
individual's status as a legislator. Funds from the legislator's 26
member business expense account may not be used to make a payment to 27
the legislator's spouse or registered domestic partner, child, 28
parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, 29
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first 30
cousin, or the spouse of any such person, or an entity in which any 31
person described in this subsection has a personal beneficial 32
interest.33
(2) Expenditures for personal security measures must be for the 34
usual and normal charge for such goods or services. "Usual and normal 35
charge" means, in the case of goods, the price of those goods in the 36
market in which they are ordinarily purchased and, in the case of 37
services, the hourly or piecework charge for the services at a 38
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commercially reasonable rate prevailing at the time the services were 1
rendered. 2
(3) Upon a legislator leaving office, any personal security 3
measure purchased using funds from the legislator's member business 4
expense account must be amortized and the legislator shall reimburse 5
the account the amount of the residual value of the asset.6
(4)(a) As applied to public records requests of a legislator's 7
office, audio recordings, video recordings, or photographs created by 8
a security recording device that qualifies as a personal security 9
measure as defined in section 4 of this act and is purchased using 10
funds from the legislator's member business expense account, are not 11
public records within the meaning of RCW 42.56.010 because they do 12
not contain information relating to the conduct of government or the 13
performance of any governmental or proprietary function, and are 14
therefore not subject to chapter 42.56 RCW. Such audio recordings, 15
video recordings, or photographs provided by the legislator to 16
another agency, although meeting the definition of public record 17
under RCW 42.56.010 unless otherwise provided by law, are 18
confidential and not subject to disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.19
(b) Records other than those described in (a) of this subsection 20
that are created by a personal security measure purchased using funds 21
from the legislator's member business expense account are 22
confidential and not subject to disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.23
(c) The residential address of a legislator included in any 24
reimbursement form and supporting documents submitted with such form, 25
or on an invoice for a personal security measure purchased using 26
funds from the legislator's member business expense account is 27
confidential and not subject to disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.28
(d) For purposes of this subsection, "residential address" has 29
the same meaning as in RCW 29B.05.030. 30
NEW SECTION. Sec. 21. (1) The legislative member security 31
account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. 32
Expenditures from the account may only be used in a manner consistent 33
with subsection (2) of this section. All receipts from funds received 34
from legislative appropriation and from reimbursements pursuant to 35
subsection (3) of this section must be deposited in the account. Only 36
the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house, or 37
their designee, may authorize expenditures from the account. The 38
account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, 39
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but an appropriation is not required for expenditures. Expenditures 1
from the account must be apportioned between the senate and house of 2
representatives based on the number of legislators in each chamber.3
(2)(a) Expenditures from the account may only be used to pay for 4
personal security measures, as defined in section 4 of this act, that 5
are necessary to address dangers or threats that would not exist but 6
for the individual's status as a legislator. Funds from the account 7
may not be used to make a payment to the legislator's spouse or 8
registered domestic partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, 9
brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, 10
nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or the spouse of any such 11
person, or an entity in which any person described in this subsection 12
has a personal beneficial interest. 13
(b) Expenditures for personal security measures must be for the 14
usual and normal charge for such goods or services. "Usual and normal 15
charge" means, in the case of goods, the price of those goods in the 16
market in which they are ordinarily purchased and, in the case of 17
services, the hourly or piecework charge for the services at a 18
commercially reasonable rate prevailing at the time the services were 19
rendered. 20
(3) Upon a legislator leaving office, any personal security 21
measure purchased using funds from the account created under this 22
section must be amortized and the legislator shall reimburse the 23
account the amount of the residual value of the asset.24
(4)(a) As applied to public records requests of a legislator's 25
office, audio recordings, video recordings, or photographs created by 26
a security recording device that qualifies as a personal security 27
measure, as defined in section 4 of this act, and is purchased using 28
funds from the legislative member security account, are not public 29
records within the meaning of RCW 42.56.010 because they do not 30
contain information relating to the conduct of government or the 31
performance of any governmental or proprietary function, and are 32
therefore not subject to chapter 42.56 RCW. Such audio recordings, 33
video recordings, or photographs provided by the legislator to 34
another agency, although meeting the definition of public record 35
under RCW 42.56.010 unless otherwise provided by law, are 36
confidential and not subject to disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.37
(b) Records other than those described in (a) of this subsection 38
that are created by a personal security measure purchased using funds 39
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from the legislative member security account are confidential and not 1
subject to disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW. 2
(c) The residential address of a legislator included in any 3
reimbursement form and supporting documents submitted with such form, 4
or on an invoice for a personal security measure purchased using 5
funds from the legislative member security account is confidential 6
and not subject to disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.7
(d) For purposes of this subsection, "residential address" has 8
the same meaning as in RCW 29B.05.030. 9
Sec. 22. RCW 42.52.160 and 2025 c 377 s 11 are each amended to 10
read as follows: 11
(1) No state officer or state employee may employ or use any 12
person, money, or property under the officer's or employee's official 13
control or direction, or in his or her official custody, for the 14
private benefit or gain of the officer, employee, or another.15
(2) This section does not prohibit the use of public resources to 16
benefit others as part of a state officer's or state employee's 17
official duties. It is not a violation of this section for a 18
legislator or employees under the jurisdiction of the legislative 19
ethics board to engage in activities listed under RCW 42.52.822 or 20
42.52.175. 21
(3) This section does not prohibit de minimis use of state 22
facilities to provide employees with information about (a) medical, 23
surgical, and hospital care; (b) life insurance or accident and 24
health disability insurance; or (c) individual retirement accounts, 25
by any person, firm, or corporation administering such program as 26
part of authorized payroll deductions pursuant to RCW 41.04.020.27
(4) The appropriate ethics boards may adopt rules providing 28
exceptions to this section for occasional use of the state officer or 29
state employee, of de minimis cost and value, if the activity does 30
not result in interference with the proper performance of official 31
duties. 32
(5) This section does not apply to activities conducted by 33
legislative employees authorized under RCW 44.90.110.34
(6) This section does not prohibit a legislator from using public 35
funds as authorized under sections 20 and 21 of this act to pay for 36
personal security measures, defined in section 4 of this act, 37
provided that upon a legislator leaving office, any personal security 38
measure purchased with public funds must be amortized and the 39
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legislator shall reimburse the appropriate account the amount of the 1
residual value of the asset. Failure to reimburse constitutes a 2
violation of subsection (1) of this section. 3
NEW SECTION. Sec. 23. A new section is added to chapter 42.56 4
RCW to read as follows: 5
(1) The following information is confidential and may not be 6
disclosed under this chapter: 7
(a) The residential address and, for financial affairs 8
statements, the associated parcel number, of an elected official and 9
the same residential address of any person residing with the elected 10
official contained in books of account and reports filed with the 11
public disclosure commission is exempt in accordance with RCW 12
29B.05.030, 29B.25.090, 29B.40.180, and 29B.55.030, and section 7 of 13
this act. 14
(b) The residential address and associated parcel number of an 15
executive state officer contained in a statement of financial affairs 16
filed with the public disclosure commission is exempt in accordance 17
with RCW 29B.55.030. 18
(c) The residential address of a candidate provided on a 19
declaration of candidacy is exempt pursuant to RCW 29A.24.031.20
(d) The voter registration address of an elected official, a 21
criminal justice participant, and that of any person sharing the same 22
voter registration address as such person is exempt in accordance 23
with RCW 29A.08.710. 24
(e) The residential address and associated parcel number of an 25
elected official, election official, criminal justice participant, 26
and the same residential address of any person residing with such 27
person, named in real property records maintained by the county 28
auditor or recorder is exempt in accordance with RCW 65.04.140.29
(f) The residential address and associated parcel number of an 30
elected official, election official, criminal justice participant, 31
and the same residential address of any person residing with such 32
person, contained in real property records maintained by the county 33
assessor is exempt in accordance with RCW 84.40.020. The name of 34
persons described under this subsection contained in real property 35
records maintained by the county assessor is exempt in accordance 36
with RCW 84.40.160. 37
(g) Audio recordings, video recordings, or photographs created by 38
a security recording device that qualifies as a personal security 39
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measure under section 4 of this act, that a legislator provides to 1
another agency, and all other public records created by a personal 2
security measure are exempt in accordance with sections 4, 20, and 21 3
of this act. 4
(h) The residential address of a legislator included on any 5
reimbursement form and supporting documents submitted with such form, 6
or on an invoice for a personal security measure purchased using 7
funds from the legislator's member business expense account or the 8
legislative member security account is exempt in accordance with 9
sections 20 and 21 of this act. 10
(2) For purposes of this section: 11
(a) "Criminal justice participant" has the same meaning as in RCW 12
65.04.140. 13
(b) "Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as in RCW 29B.05.030.14
(c) "Elected official" has the same meaning as in RCW 29B.10.180.15
(d) "Election official" has the same meaning as described in RCW 16
9A.46.020. 17
(e) "Executive state officer" has the same meaning as in RCW 18
29B.55.020. 19
(f) "Personal security measure" has the same meaning as in 20
section 4 of this act. 21
(g) "Residence" means the primary residential real property used 22
exclusively as a personal dwelling unit by a person described under 23
this section. 24
(h) "Residential address" means the physical address of a 25
residence used by a person described under this section.26
NEW SECTION. Sec. 24. Sections 4, 20, and 21 of this act 27
constitute a new chapter in Title 44 RCW.28
NEW SECTION. Sec. 25. This act is necessary for the immediate 29
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of 30
the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes 31
effect immediately.32
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