Tourism assessment

AN ACT Relating to establishing a tourism self-supported 1
assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion; amending RCW 2
43.384.010, 43.384.020, and 43.384.030; amending 2025 c 189 s 3 3
(uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW 42.56.270; adding a new 4
chapter to Title 43 RCW; and providing an expiration date.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:6
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. INTENT. (1) The legislature finds that the 7
history, economy, culture, and future of Washington state are 8
inextricably linked to a vibrant and healthy visitor economy. In 9
order to develop, manage, and promote statewide tourism as part of an 10
existing comprehensive effort to market Washington as a premier 11
travel destination, the legislature declares:12
(a) That it is vital to the continued economic well-being and 13
general welfare of the citizens of this state that the tourism 14
industry be supported by: 15
(i) Enabling the tourism industry to help themselves through an 16
organized, year-around, statewide assessment program designed to 17
support fair, efficient, and sustained promotion and management of 18
Washington as a visitor destination; and 19
(ii) Enhancing tourism market opportunities and strengthening the 20
industry's long-term competitiveness by increasing travel to and 21
S-3477.3
SENATE BILL 6061
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senators Riccelli, Cleveland, Liias, Nobles, and C. Wilson
Prefiled 01/09/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee
on Business, Trade & Economic Development.
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within Washington across leisure, business, and international 1
markets; 2
(b) That tourism-dependent businesses, including lodging, food 3
and beverage, attractions, recreation, cultural institutions, and 4
retail, operate in a regulatory and funding environment that limits 5
marketing autonomy, creates fragmented promotion efforts, and 6
contributes to Washington's declining market share in a highly 7
competitive global visitor economy; 8
(c) That it is in the overriding public interest to clearly 9
express support for the tourism sector and its coordinated and 10
orderly growth; to give adequate recognition and operational 11
resources to tourism as a vital component of Washington's export 12
economy and value-added service sector; and to promote, develop, and 13
manage tourism as an essential statewide industry in order to:14
(i) Enhance the reputation and image of Washington as a travel 15
destination; 16
(ii) Increase visitor spending from domestic and international 17
markets; strategically positioning the destination and optimizing the 18
benefits of visitation; 19
(iii) Protect the public interest by providing destination 20
development that benefits communities, small businesses, tribes, and 21
other stakeholders and educating travelers about responsible and 22
sustainable visitation to communities and public and tribal lands;23
(iv) Expand tourism-driven economic opportunities, development 24
resources, and community benefits in urban and rural regions alike;25
(v) Support and engage in programs and partnerships that benefit 26
the development, management, marketing, and sustainability of tourism 27
across Washington; and 28
(vi) Expand the communication, cooperation, and partnership 29
between the public and private sectors to more effectively meet the 30
needs of both; and 31
(d) That a stable and predictable funding mechanism, developed 32
and governed by the industry through a self-supported assessment, can 33
generate substantial economic returns for the state and empower local 34
businesses, destinations, and communities to compete on a level 35
playing field with neighboring states and national leaders such as 36
California, Oregon, and British Columbia. 37
(2) The legislature intends that any rules adopted to implement 38
this chapter should be guided by the recommendations developed under 39
section 3, chapter 189, Laws of 2025. 40
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS. The definitions in this 1
section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly 2
requires otherwise.3
(1) "Assessment" means the annual fee levied on tourism 4
businesses to fund tourism promotion under this chapter.5
(2) "Authority" means the Washington tourism marketing authority 6
created in RCW 43.384.020. 7
(3) "Ratepayer oversight board" means the board of 8
representatives from businesses subject to the assessment.9
(4) "Tourism business" means businesses that derive a significant 10
portion of revenue from tourism activity in Washington in the 11
following sectors: (a) Lodging; (b) travel services; (c) attractions; 12
(d) recreation; and (e) beverage producers. 13
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (1) The 14
legislature authorizes the authority to establish a tourism 15
assessment program, subject to tourism business sector ratification.16
(2) No assessments shall be collected until the referendum 17
process in section 5 of this act is completed and approved by the 18
affected tourism business sector. 19
(3) The authority shall adopt rules as necessary to carry out the 20
purpose and intent of this chapter. The authority shall give 21
substantial weight to the recommendations made under section 3, 22
chapter 189, Laws of 2025 when developing rules under this chapter.23
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. RATEPAYER OVERSIGHT BOARD. (1) The 24
authority shall appoint, from the list of nominees prepared under 25
subsection (2) of this section, a ratepayer oversight board 26
consisting of a minimum of 10 members, with at least two 27
representatives from each sector identified in section 2 (4) of this 28
act, reflecting geographic and business diversity.29
(2)(a) For the initial board, the tourism self-supported 30
assessment advisory group created by section 3, chapter 189, Laws of 31
2025 shall prepare a list of nominees for appointment to the 32
ratepayer oversight board. All nominees for membership on the 33
ratepayer oversight board must be employees or officers of businesses 34
subject to the assessment imposed under section 5 of this act, 35
pursuant to assessment ratification procedures established under 36
section 6 of this act. 37
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(b) Initial board members shall serve for six months or until 1
completion of initial referendum, and vacancies shall be filled by 2
appointment for the unexpired term. 3
(c) Subsequent appointments shall be made under the process 4
developed under section 5 of this act and ratified under section 6 of 5
this act. 6
(d) On the recommendation of the advisory group, the authority 7
may remove any appointed member of the ratepayer oversight board for 8
inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or four unexcused 9
absences in one year. 10
(3) The ratepayer oversight board shall provide oversight of 11
tourism assessment funds and programming and: 12
(a) Approve an annual budget and expenditure plan;13
(b) Provide an annual report to the authority and the 14
legislature; and 15
(c) Monitor program effectiveness and recommend adjustments.16
(4) The ratepayer oversight board shall elect a chair and meet at 17
least quarterly. 18
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. ASSESSMENTS. (1) The ratepayer oversight 19
board shall design the proposed assessment program, including:20
(a) Sector-specific classifications; 21
(b) Assessment methodology and the rates for each business 22
sector; 23
(c) A referendum process for ratification; 24
(d) Opt-out provisions, if applicable; 25
(e) Revenue thresholds for businesses assessed in each sector, 26
where applicable; 27
(f) Program term length; and 28
(g) The appointment process for the ratepayer oversight board 29
following the initial appointments made in section 4 (2) of this act. 30
The appointment process designed under this subsection (1)(g) is 31
subject to ratification under section 6 of this act.32
(2) Pursuant to approval by ratification in accordance with 33
section 6 of this act, there shall be levied, and the authority shall 34
collect, upon all participating tourism businesses in this state, an 35
annual assessment to be calculated as a percentage of gross revenue.36
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. RATIFICATION MECHANISM. (1)(a) Within 37
three years of the effective date of this section, the ratepayer 38
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oversight board shall conduct a referendum among affected businesses 1
to ratify the proposed assessment program. In the case of a failed 2
ratification, the board may continue to resubmit the same proposal or 3
a modified proposal beyond the three-year limitation.4
(b) Each assessed business is entitled to a weighted vote in each 5
referendum. In calculating weighted votes, each assessed business 6
receives a vote equal to the projected assessment paid by that 7
business. The initial referendum must be approved by a majority of 8
the weighted votes cast at the referendum. 9
(c) For purposes of voting in any referendum, each assessed 10
business is part of one industry sector and one sector-segment, and 11
for voting purposes only, a business with revenue in more than one 12
industry sector or sector-segment shall only be included in the 13
sector and segment in which it earns the most gross revenue.14
(d) A sector's assessment may be approved only by a majority of 15
weighted votes from businesses within that same sector. Votes from 16
other sectors are not counted for or against another industry's 17
assessment. 18
(2) Assessments may begin once ratified by vote and shall be 19
collected on an annual basis. 20
(3) The cost of any referendum under this section shall be paid 21
by the authority and reimbursed by the fund established in section 7 22
of this act. 23
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. COLLECTION AND ACCOUNTING. (1) The 24
authority shall collect assessments annually from participating 25
businesses.26
(2) The authority shall deposit assessment moneys collected in a 27
separate account, named the tourism assessment account, in any bank 28
that is a state depositary. Assessments collected under the program 29
are not considered state money, common cash, or revenue to the state, 30
and are not subject to legislative appropriation. All expenditures 31
and disbursements made from this account under this chapter may be 32
made without the necessity of a specific legislative appropriation. 33
None of the provisions of RCW 43.01.050 apply to this account or to 34
the moneys received, collected, or expended as provided. Funds in the 35
account: 36
(a) Must be used solely for tourism promotion as defined in the 37
ratified program; and 38
(b) Must be used to cover administrative and enforcement costs.39
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. NONPAYMENT AND ENFORCEMENT. (1) Failure to 1
pay an assessment constitutes a debt to the state.2
(2) The authority may: 3
(a) Impose a penalty of up to 10 percent of the unpaid 4
assessment; and 5
(b) Bring a civil action in court to recover unpaid assessments.6
NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. RECORDS AND CONFIDENTIALITY. (1) Financial 7
and commercial information submitted to the authority and the 8
ratepayer oversight board under this chapter is confidential and 9
exempt from public inspection and copying under chapter 42.56 RCW.10
(2) This section does not apply to general statistical summaries 11
that do not identify individual businesses. 12
Sec. 10. 2025 c 189 s 3 (uncodified) is amended to read as 13
follows: 14
(1) The chair of the board of directors of the tourism marketing 15
authority must appoint a tourism self-supported assessment advisory 16
group no later than two weeks following the effective date of this 17
section. The advisory group must evaluate the viability of an 18
industry self-supported assessment to fund statewide tourism 19
promotion and recommend procedures to establish the self-supported 20
assessment. 21
(2) The tourism self-supported assessment advisory group must 22
consist of at least eight members that represent sectors of the 23
tourism industry that may be considered for the self-supported 24
assessment, including: 25
(a) Two members representing the lodging sector;26
(b) One member representing the beverage sector;27
(c) One member representing the arts and culture sector;28
(d) One member representing the tour operators sector;29
(e) One member representing the attractions sector;30
(f) One member representing the transportation sector; and31
(g) One member representing a statewide Washington tourism 32
promotion nonprofit. 33
(3) The tourism self-supported assessment advisory group must 34
make recommendations for the following: 35
(a) The classification of businesses proposed to be included in 36
the self-supported assessment; 37
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(b) The self-supported assessment methodology including the 1
petition process for businesses to approve the self-supported 2
assessment; 3
(c) The rate of self-supported assessment for each business 4
classification; 5
(d) The characteristics of a business within a classification 6
that will benefit from the self-supported assessment;7
(e) The time period or duration of the self-supported assessment; 8
and 9
(f) The establishment of an oversight board for ratepayers 10
representing businesses by self-supported assessments.11
(4) The board of directors of the tourism marketing authority 12
must comply with the requirements of RCW 43.18A.020 in making 13
appointments provided in this section. The department of commerce 14
must provide the report required in RCW 43.18A.020.15
(5) The tourism self-supported assessment advisory group must 16
submit its recommendations in writing to the legislature by November 17
1, 2025. 18
(6) This section expires June 1, ((2026)) 2027.19
Sec. 11. RCW 43.384.010 and 2018 c 275 s 2 are each amended to 20
read as follows: 21
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter 22
unless the context clearly requires otherwise. 23
(1) "Authority" means the Washington tourism marketing authority 24
created in RCW 43.384.020. 25
(2) "Board" means the Washington tourism marketing authority 26
board of directors. 27
(3) "Department" means the department of commerce.28
(4) "Director" means the director of the department of commerce.29
(5) "Ratepayer oversight board" has the meaning defined in 30
section 2 of this act.31
(6) "Statewide tourism marketing account" means the account 32
created pursuant to RCW 43.384.040. 33
Sec. 12. RCW 43.384.020 and 2018 c 275 s 3 are each amended to 34
read as follows: 35
(1) The Washington tourism marketing authority is established as 36
a public body constituting an instrumentality of the state of 37
Washington. 38
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(2) The authority is responsible for contracting for statewide 1
tourism marketing services that promote tourism on behalf of the 2
citizens of the state, and for managing the authority's financial 3
resources. 4
(3) The authority is responsible for developing and administering 5
a tourism assessment program as set forth in chapter 43.--- RCW (the 6
new chapter created in section 15 of this act). When developing the 7
program, the authority may consider the October 31, 2025, advisory 8
report authorized by section 3, chapter 189, Laws of 2025. The 9
authority's primary activities of administering government tax funds 10
shall be governed by the board. The authority's activities with 11
respect to the tourism assessment program shall be governed by the 12
ratepayer oversight board.13
(4) The department provides administrative assistance to the 14
authority and serves as the fiscal agent of the authority for moneys 15
appropriated for purposes of the authority. 16
(((4))) (5) The authority must create a private local account to 17
receive nonstate funds and state funds, other than general fund state 18
funds, contributed to the authority for purposes of this chapter.19
Sec. 13. RCW 43.384.030 and 2025 c 189 s 2 are each amended to 20
read as follows: 21
(1) The authority must be governed by a board of directors. The 22
board of directors must consist of: 23
(a) Two members and two alternates from the house of 24
representatives, with one member and one alternate appointed from 25
each of the two major caucuses of the house of representatives by the 26
speaker of the house of representatives; 27
(b) Two members and two alternates from the senate, with one 28
member and one alternate appointed from each of the two major 29
caucuses of the senate by the president of the senate; and30
(c) ((Nine)) Thirteen representatives ((with expertise in the 31
tourism industry and related businesses including, but not limited 32
to, hotel, restaurant, outdoor recreation, attractions, retail, and 33
rental car businesses appointed by the governor.34
Appointments by the governor must reflect diversity in geography, 35
size of business, gender, and ethnicity. No county may have more than 36
two appointments and no city may have more than one appointment )) of 37
tourism businesses appointed by the governor as follows:38
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(i) Eight members representing businesses paying the assessments 1
ratified under section 6 of this act, and nominated by the ratepayer 2
oversight board, except that the initial members shall be nominated 3
by the tourism self-supported assessment advisory group created in 4
section 3, chapter 189, Laws of 2025;5
(ii) Two members representing destination marketing 6
organizations; and7
(iii) Three members representing tourism businesses.8
(2) There must be a nonvoting advisory committee to the board. 9
The advisory committee must consist of: 10
(a) One ex officio representative from the department, state 11
parks and recreation commission, department of transportation, and 12
other state agencies as the authority deems appropriate; and13
(b) One member from a federally recognized Indian tribe appointed 14
by the director of the department. 15
(3) All appointments must be for four years. 16
(4) The board must select from its membership the chair of the 17
board and such other officers as it deems appropriate. The chair of 18
the board must be a member from the tourism industry or related 19
businesses. 20
(5) A majority of the board constitutes a quorum.21
(6) The board must create its own bylaws in accordance with the 22
laws of the state of Washington. 23
(7) Any member of the board may be removed for misfeasance, 24
malfeasance, or willful neglect of duty after notice and a public 25
hearing, unless the notice and hearing are expressly waived in 26
writing by the affected member. 27
(8) If a vacancy occurs on the board, a replacement must be 28
appointed for the unexpired term. 29
(9) The members of the board serve without compensation but are 30
entitled to reimbursement, solely from the funds of the authority, 31
for expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.32
(10) The board must meet at least quarterly. 33
(11) No board member of the authority may serve on the board of 34
an organization that could be considered for a contract authorized 35
under RCW 43.384.050. 36
Sec. 14. RCW 42.56.270 and 2025 c 419 s 9, 2025 c 176 s 1, and 37
2025 c 81 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:38
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The following financial, commercial, and proprietary information 1
is exempt from disclosure under this chapter: 2
(1) Valuable formulae, designs, drawings, computer source code or 3
object code, and research data obtained by any agency within five 4
years of the request for disclosure when disclosure would produce 5
private gain and public loss; 6
(2) Financial information supplied by or on behalf of a person, 7
firm, or corporation for the purpose of qualifying to submit a bid or 8
proposal for (a) a ferry system construction or repair contract as 9
required by RCW 47.60.680 through 47.60.750; (b) highway construction 10
or improvement as required by RCW 47.28.070; or (c) alternative 11
public works contracting procedures as required by RCW 39.10.200 12
through 39.10.905; 13
(3) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by 14
private persons pertaining to export services provided under chapters 15
43.163 and 53.31 RCW, and by persons pertaining to export projects 16
under RCW 43.23.035; 17
(4) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by 18
businesses or individuals during application for loans or program 19
services provided by chapters 43.325, 43.163, 43.160, 43.330, 43.168, 20
and 43.181 RCW and RCW 43.155.160, or during application for economic 21
development loans or program services provided by any local agency;22
(5) Financial information, business plans, examination reports, 23
and any information produced or obtained in evaluating or examining a 24
business and industrial development corporation organized or seeking 25
certification under chapter 31.24 RCW; 26
(6) Financial and commercial information supplied to the state 27
investment board by any person when the information relates to the 28
investment of public trust or retirement funds and when disclosure 29
would result in loss to such funds or in private loss to the 30
providers of this information; 31
(7) Financial and valuable trade information under RCW 51.36.120;32
(8) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research 33
information and data submitted to or obtained by the clean Washington 34
center in applications for, or delivery of, program services under 35
chapter 70.95H RCW; 36
(9) Financial and commercial information requested by the public 37
stadium authority from any person or organization that leases or uses 38
the stadium and exhibition center as defined in RCW 36.102.010;39
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(10)(a) Financial information, including but not limited to 1
account numbers and values, and other identification numbers supplied 2
by or on behalf of a person, firm, corporation, limited liability 3
company, partnership, or other entity related to an application for a 4
horse racing license submitted pursuant to RCW 67.16.260(1)(b), 5
cannabis producer, processor, or retailer license, liquor license, 6
gambling license, or lottery retail license; 7
(b) Proprietary financial and security information submitted to 8
or obtained by the gambling commission from and on behalf of license 9
applicants, licensees, gaming facilities, or a tribe pursuant to an 10
approved tribal/state compact. Proprietary financial and security 11
information includes, but is not limited to, the following:12
(i) Financial statements and transactions including but not 13
limited to independent auditors' reports and financial statements 14
with any supporting documents, bank account records, player tracking 15
records, bond issuances, loan agreements, purchase agreements, and 16
stock buyouts. However, quarterly license reports are not exempt;17
(ii) Information that describes the internal operational system 18
or internal procedures of the gaming facility designed to promote 19
efficiency, safeguard assets, and avoid fraud and error, including 20
but not limited to records pertaining to security camera technical 21
specifications, operation, and placement; cash out procedures and 22
locations; cage security information; building access controls; and 23
personally identifiable information control procedures;24
(iii) Gaming facility security information, including but not 25
limited to descriptions of facility layout and schematics, firewall 26
configurations, network topologies, source code, software files, 27
cryptographic hashes of software files, risk and security assessment 28
reports, disaster recovery plans, incident response plans, and any 29
other sensitive information that may negatively impact the security 30
of the facility if released; and 31
(iv) Gaming equipment information, including but not limited to 32
related hardware, software, and security information, such as 33
firewall configurations, field testing data and results from testing, 34
network topologies or diagrams, source code, software files, 35
cryptographic hashes of software files, schematics, user credentials, 36
system components, and any other sensitive information about the 37
equipment that may compromise the security and integrity of the 38
equipment if released; 39
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(c) Valuable formulae or financial or proprietary commercial 1
information records received during a consultative visit or while 2
providing consultative services to a licensed cannabis business in 3
accordance with RCW 69.50.561; 4
(11) Proprietary data, trade secrets, or other information that 5
relates to: (a) A vendor's unique methods of conducting business; (b) 6
data unique to the product or services of the vendor; or (c) 7
determining prices or rates to be charged for services, submitted by 8
any vendor to the department of social and health services or the 9
health care authority for purposes of the development, acquisition, 10
or implementation of state purchased health care as defined in RCW 11
41.05.011; 12
(12)(a) When supplied to and in the records of the department of 13
commerce: 14
(i) Financial and proprietary information collected from any 15
person and provided to the department of commerce pursuant to RCW 16
43.330.050(8); 17
(ii) Financial or proprietary information collected from any 18
person and provided to the department of commerce or the office of 19
the governor in connection with the siting, recruitment, expansion, 20
retention, or relocation of that person's business and until a siting 21
decision is made, identifying information of any person supplying 22
information under this subsection and the locations being considered 23
for siting, relocation, or expansion of a business; and24
(iii) Financial or proprietary information collected from any 25
person and provided to the department of commerce pursuant to RCW 26
43.31.625 (3)(b) and (4); 27
(b) When developed by the department of commerce based on 28
information as described in (a)(i) of this subsection, any work 29
product is not exempt from disclosure; 30
(c) For the purposes of this subsection, "siting decision" means 31
the decision to acquire or not to acquire a site; 32
(d) If there is no written contact for a period of 60 days to the 33
department of commerce from a person connected with siting, 34
recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's 35
business, information described in (a)(ii) of this subsection will be 36
available to the public under this chapter; 37
(13) Financial and proprietary information submitted to or 38
obtained by the department of ecology or the authority created under 39
chapter 70A.500 RCW to implement chapter 70A.500 RCW;40
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(14) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and 1
research information and data submitted to or obtained by the life 2
sciences discovery fund authority in applications for, or delivery 3
of, grants under RCW 43.330.502, to the extent that such information, 4
if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss 5
to the providers of this information; 6
(15) Financial and commercial information provided as evidence to 7
the department of licensing as required by RCW 19.112.110 or 8
19.112.120, except information disclosed in aggregate form that does 9
not permit the identification of information related to individual 10
fuel licensees; 11
(16) Any production records, mineral assessments, and trade 12
secrets submitted by a permit holder, mine operator, or landowner to 13
the department of natural resources under RCW 78.44.085;14
(17)(a) Farm plans developed by conservation districts, unless 15
permission to release the farm plan is granted by the landowner or 16
operator who requested the plan, or the farm plan is used for the 17
application or issuance of a permit; 18
(b) Farm plans developed under chapter 90.48 RCW and not under 19
the federal clean water act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq., are subject 20
to RCW 42.56.610 and 90.64.190; 21
(18) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and 22
research information and data submitted to or obtained by a health 23
sciences and services authority in applications for, or delivery of, 24
grants under RCW 35.104.010 through 35.104.060, to the extent that 25
such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result 26
in private loss to providers of this information; 27
(19) Information gathered under chapter 19.85 RCW or RCW 28
34.05.328 that can be identified to a particular business;29
(20) Financial and commercial information submitted to or 30
obtained by the University of Washington, other than information the 31
university is required to disclose under RCW 28B.20.150, when the 32
information relates to investments in private funds, to the extent 33
that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to 34
result in loss to the University of Washington consolidated endowment 35
fund or to result in private loss to the providers of this 36
information; 37
(21) Market share data submitted by a manufacturer under RCW 38
70A.500.190(4); 39
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(22) Financial information supplied to the department of 1
financial institutions, when filed by or on behalf of an issuer of 2
securities for the purpose of obtaining the exemption from state 3
securities registration for small securities offerings provided under 4
RCW 21.20.880 or when filed by or on behalf of an investor for the 5
purpose of purchasing such securities; 6
(23) Unaggregated or individual notices of a transfer of crude 7
oil that is financial, proprietary, or commercial information, 8
submitted to the department of ecology pursuant to RCW 9
90.56.565(1)(a), and that is in the possession of the department of 10
ecology or any entity with which the department of ecology has shared 11
the notice pursuant to RCW 90.56.565; 12
(24) Financial institution and retirement account information, 13
and building security plan information, supplied to the liquor and 14
cannabis board pursuant to RCW 69.50.325, 69.50.331, 69.50.342, and 15
69.50.345, when filed by or on behalf of a licensee or prospective 16
licensee for the purpose of obtaining, maintaining, or renewing a 17
license to produce, process, transport, or sell cannabis as allowed 18
under chapter 69.50 RCW; 19
(25) Cannabis transport information, vehicle and driver 20
identification data, and account numbers or unique access identifiers 21
issued to private entities for traceability system access, submitted 22
by an individual or business to the liquor and cannabis board under 23
the requirements of RCW 69.50.325, 69.50.331, 69.50.342, and 24
69.50.345 for the purpose of cannabis product traceability. 25
Disclosure to local, state, and federal officials is not considered 26
public disclosure for purposes of this section; 27
(26) Financial and commercial information submitted to or 28
obtained by the retirement board of any city that is responsible for 29
the management of an employees' retirement system pursuant to the 30
authority of chapter 35.39 RCW, when the information relates to 31
investments in private funds, to the extent that such information, if 32
revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in loss to the 33
retirement fund or to result in private loss to the providers of this 34
information except that (a) the names and commitment amounts of the 35
private funds in which retirement funds are invested and (b) the 36
aggregate quarterly performance results for a retirement fund's 37
portfolio of investments in such funds are subject to disclosure;38
(27) Proprietary financial, commercial, operations, and technical 39
and research information and data submitted to or obtained by the 40
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liquor and cannabis board in applications for cannabis research 1
licenses under RCW 69.50.372, or in reports submitted by cannabis 2
research licensees in accordance with rules adopted by the liquor and 3
cannabis board under RCW 69.50.372; 4
(28) Trade secrets, technology, proprietary information, and 5
financial considerations contained in any agreements or contracts, 6
entered into by a licensed cannabis business under RCW 69.50.395, 7
which may be submitted to or obtained by the state liquor and 8
cannabis board; 9
(29) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and 10
research information and data submitted to or obtained by the Andy 11
Hill cancer research endowment program in applications for, or 12
delivery of, grants under chapter 43.348 RCW, to the extent that such 13
information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in 14
private loss to providers of this information; 15
(30) Proprietary information filed with the department of health 16
under chapter 69.48 RCW; 17
(31) Records filed with the department of ecology under chapter 18
70A.515 RCW that a court has determined are confidential valuable 19
commercial information under RCW 70A.515.130; 20
(32) Unaggregated financial, proprietary, or commercial 21
information submitted to or obtained by the liquor and cannabis board 22
in applications for licenses under RCW 66.24.140 or 66.24.145, or in 23
any reports or remittances submitted by a person licensed under RCW 24
66.24.140 or 66.24.145 under rules adopted by the liquor and cannabis 25
board under chapter 66.08 RCW; 26
(33) Formulas and data public risk pools used to calculate rates 27
for pool member contributions or assessments, and actuarial analyses 28
and reports prepared by or for public risk pools; ((and))29
(34) Unaggregated or individual information submitted to the 30
department of revenue under RCW 82.17.020 pertaining to the sales 31
price of zero-emission vehicle credits in transactions between 32
manufacturers; and33
(35) Information that is confidential pursuant to section 9 (1) of 34
this act, relating to the tourism assessment program.35
NEW SECTION. Sec. 15. Sections 1 through 9 of this act 36
constitute a new chapter in Title 43 RCW.37
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