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SB5282 • 2026

Missing children adv. board

Reestablishing the advisory board for the missing and exploited children task force.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Senator Wellman, Senator Dhingra, Senator Frame, Senator Krishnadasan, Senator Nobles, Senator Riccelli, Senator Saldaña, Senator Trudeau, Senator Valdez, Senator C. Wilson
Last action
2025-02-19
Official status
S subst for
Effective date
Not listed

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Missing children adv. board

Missing children adv.

What This Bill Does

  • Missing children adv.
  • board

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Amendments

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5282-S AMH CS H2106.1

0 • Community Safety

NOT CONSIDERED

Plain English: 5282-S AMH CS H2106.1 SSB 5282 - H COMM AMD By Committee on Community Safety NOT CONSIDERED 04/27/2025 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "NEW SECTION.

  • 5282-S AMH CS H2106.1 SSB 5282 - H COMM AMD By Committee on Community Safety NOT CONSIDERED 04/27/2025 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "NEW SECTION.
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  • A new section is added to chapter 13.60 3 RCW to read as follows: 4 The advisory board on missing and exploited children is 5 established to advise the chief of the Washington state patrol on the 6 objectives, conduct, management, and coordination of the various 7 activities of the task force on missing and exploited children.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-19 Senate

    1st substitute bill substituted.

Official Summary Text

Missing children adv. board

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT Relating to reestablishing the advisory board for the 1
missing and exploited children task force; and adding a new section 2
to chapter 13.60 RCW. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 13.60 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
The advisory board on missing and exploited children is 7
established to advise the chief of the Washington state patrol on the 8
objectives, conduct, management, and coordination of the various 9
activities of the task force on missing and exploited children.10
(1) The chief of the Washington state patrol shall appoint five 11
members to the advisory board as provided herein: 12
(a) One member shall be a county prosecuting attorney or a 13
representative and shall be appointed in consultation with the 14
elected county prosecuting attorneys; 15
(b) One member shall be a municipal police chief or a county 16
sheriff, or their representative, and shall be appointed in 17
consultation with the association of sheriffs and police chiefs under 18
RCW 36.28A.010; 19
(c) One member shall be a representative of the Washington state 20
patrol; 21
S-0390.2
SENATE BILL 5282
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Wellman, Dhingra, Frame, Krishnadasan, Nobles, Riccelli,
Saldaña, Trudeau, Valdez, and C. Wilson
Read first time 01/15/25. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
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(d) One member shall be a defense attorney or a representative 1
and shall be appointed in consultation with the Washington 2
association of criminal defense lawyers; and 3
(e) One member shall be a representative of and appointed by the 4
attorney general. 5
(2) To improve interagency communication and coordination, the 6
chief of the Washington state patrol shall invite representatives of 7
federal law enforcement agencies and state social service agencies to 8
participate in the advisory board. 9
(3) The members of the advisory board shall be qualified on the 10
basis of knowledge and experience as may contribute to the effective 11
performance of the board's duties. The advisory board shall elect its 12
own chair from among its members. Meetings of the advisory board may 13
be convened at the call of the chair or by a majority of the members.14
(4) The term of each member of the advisory board shall be two 15
years and shall be conditioned upon the member retaining the official 16
position from which the member was appointed. 17
(5) The advisory board shall meet on at least an annual basis.18
(6) By December 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the advisory 19
board must submit a report to the appropriate committees of the 20
legislature. The report must include: 21
(a) Details regarding reactive sting operations and proactive 22
sting operations conducted by the task force on missing and exploited 23
children in the reporting year, including: 24
(i) The total number of reactive sting operations and proactive 25
sting operations conducted; 26
(ii) The number of exploited children rescued as a result of 27
reactive sting operations and proactive sting operations; and28
(iii) Statistics regarding the people arrested and sentenced as a 29
result of reactive sting operations and proactive sting operations;30
(b) Assessments of the objectives, conduct, achievements, and 31
performance outcomes of the task force on missing and exploited 32
children; and 33
(c) Recommendations, if any, to better achieve the objectives of 34
the task force on missing and exploited children. 35
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