SB 5497 - DIGEST

Creates a keep Washington working statewide work group.

Requires the attorney general, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, to publish model policies for limiting immigration enforcement at public schools, health facilities, courthouses, and shelters, so they remain safe and accessible to all residents, regardless of immigration or citizenship status.

Provides a list of state agencies that are required to review their confidentiality policies and identify any changes necessary to ensure that information collected from individuals is limited to that necessary to perform agency duties and not used or disclosed otherwise.

Prohibits state agencies, state departments, and law enforcement from cooperating with or assisting in an investigation or enforcement of a federal registration or surveillance program that targets residents on the basis of race, religion, immigration or citizenship status, or national or ethnic origin.