HB 2137 - DIGEST

Declares that nothing contained in chapter 42.30 RCW may be construed to prevent a governing body from holding an executive session during a regular or special meeting to consider matters affecting national security, security matters pertaining to preventing, mitigating, or responding to criminal terrorist acts, security matters affecting specific and unique vulnerability assessments or specific and unique emergency, response, or deployment plans, and security matters regarding the infrastructure and security of computer and telecommunications networks, consisting of security passwords, security access codes and programs, access codes for secure software applications, security and service recovery plans, security risk assessments, and security test results, the public disclosure of which would have a substantial likelihood of threatening public safety, any individual's safety, or the security of a city, county, or state facility or program, identifying specific security vulnerabilities, or compromising other vital governmental security interests.