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SB6109 • 2026

Private detention/investment

Prohibiting investment of funds under management by the state investment board in private detention facilities.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Senator Trudeau, Senator Saldaña, Senator Alvarado, Senator Bateman, Senator Hasegawa, Senator Kauffman, Senator Lovelett, Senator Nobles, Senator Orwall, Senator Valdez
Last action
2026-01-14
Official status
S Ways & Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Private detention/investment

Private detention/investment

What This Bill Does

  • Private detention/investment

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-14 Senate

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

Official Summary Text

Private detention/investment

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT Relating to the prohibition of investment of funds under 1
management by the state investment board in private detention 2
facilities; and adding a new section to chapter 43.33A 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 43.33A 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
(1) Beginning on the effective date of this section, the state 7
investment board will not make new investments in any entity that 8
owns, operates, leases, or invests in a private detention facility.9
(2) By January 1, 2030, the state investment board must ensure 10
that moneys in funds managed by the board are not invested in any 11
entity that owns, operates, leases, or invests in a private detention 12
facility, or any fund containing an entity that owns, operates, 13
leases, or invests in a private detention facility.14
(3) To the greatest extent practicable, divestment and 15
reinvestment of moneys in funds managed by the state investment board 16
under this section must be accomplished without monetary loss to the 17
funds through reasonable, prudent, and productive investments in 18
companies generating returns that are comparable to the returns 19
generated by the companies subject to divestment. 20
(4) For the purposes of this section: 21
S-3432.1
SENATE BILL 6109
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senators Trudeau, Saldaña, Alvarado, Bateman, Hasegawa, Kauffman,
Lovelett, Nobles, Orwall, and Valdez
Read first time 01/14/26. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
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(a) "Detention facility" means any facility in which persons are 1
incarcerated or otherwise involuntarily confined for purposes 2
including prior to trial or sentencing, fulfilling the terms of a 3
sentence imposed by a court, or for other judicial or administrative 4
processes or proceedings. 5
(b) "Entity" has the same meaning as in RCW 23.95.105.6
(c) "Private detention facility" means a detention facility that 7
is operated by a private, nongovernmental for-profit entity and 8
operating pursuant to a contract or agreement with a federal, state, 9
or local governmental entity. 10
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